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Chionanthus retusus, the Chinese fringetree, [2] is a flowering plant in the family Oleaceae. It is native to eastern Asia: eastern and central China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. [3] It is a deciduous shrub or small to medium-sized tree growing to 20 metres (70 ft) in height, with thick, fissured bark. The leaves are 3–12 centimetres (1–5 in ...
Chionanthus (/ ˌ k aɪ oʊ ˈ n æ n θ ə s /), common name: fringetrees, is a genus of about 140 species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae.. Chionanthus virginicus flowers Chionanthus pubescens Chionanthus retusus flowers
It is a deciduous shrub or small tree growing to as much as 10 to 11 metres (33 to 36 ft) tall, though ordinarily less. The bark is scaly, brown tinged with red. The shoots are light green, downy at first, later becoming light brown or orange. The buds are light brown, ovate, acute, 3 millimetres (0.12 in) long.
Loropetalum chinense grows best in fertile, slightly acidic soil in full sun for deepest foliage colour and is hardy down to -15 degrees Celsius (5 degrees Fahrenheit). It is a popular ornamental plant, grown for its prolific clusters of flowers and (in the case of the pink flowering variety) deeply coloured foliage that may contain various green, copper, purple and red tones.
Chionanthus pygmaeus is a rare species of flowering plant in the olive family known by the common name pygmy fringetree.It is endemic to Florida, where there are 46 known occurrences as of 2010. [5]
Loropetalum: fringe flowers; Loropetalum chinense: Chinese fringe flower; Chinese witch hazel Hamamelidaceae (witch-hazel family) Hippocastanaceae: buckeye family; Aesculus: buckeyes and horse-chestnuts; Aesculus flava: yellow buckeye Hippocastanaceae (buckeye family) 332 Aesculus glabra: Ohio buckeye; fetid buckeye Hippocastanaceae (buckeye ...
Trees in Chinese mythology and culture tend to range from more-or-less mythological such as the Fusang tree and the Peaches of Immortality cultivated by Xi Wangmu to mythological attributions to such well-known trees, such as the pine, the cypress, the plum and other types of prunus, the jujube, the cassia, and certain as yet unidentified trees.
Liriodendron chinense, the Chinese tulip tree, a tree species native to Asia Loropetalum chinense , the Chinese fringe flower, a plant species Lycium chinense , a plant species