Fraxinus angustifolia oxycarpa 'Raywoodii'
Claret Ash
An elegant and useful tree with beautiful autumn colour.
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| Features: |
Autumn colour. Symmetrical, glossy green canopy turns deep red in autumn. Versatile. Somewhat hardy. |
| Applications: |
A great street tree in suitable climates - avenues, traffic islands and buffer strips. Lawn tree. Urban environments. Specimen shade tree in parks and gardens. |
| Description |
The Claret Ash takes its name from the deep red or purple of its autumn foliage. With its symmetrical growth habit, versatility and tolerance to urban sites, it makes a pleasing contribution to streetscapes, parks or gardens as an attractive and adaptable tree. While it will thrive in fertile, free-draining sites and cooler, sunny sites, it is also somewhat tolerant of exposed sites, coastal locations, urban sites and with a deep root system, is somewhat drought tolerant and good for lawn sites. The Claret Ash makes a picturesque avenue tree, handles the rigours of streetscape plantings and is a beautiful specimen shade tree for parks, lawns and gardens. |
| Availability: |
Torbay, Champion Lakes : 100L |
| Mature height: |
10-20 |
| Mature spread: |
6-12 |
| Canopy: |
Symmetrical. Oval. Narrower when young and spreading with age. Moderately dense shade (seasonal). |
| Growth rate: |
Fast |
| Cautions: |
Avoid shady sites. |
| Tolerances: |
Handles some soil compaction. Somewhat drought tolerant. Urban conditions - air pollution. Poor soils. Alkaline soils. |
| Sun demands: |
Best in full sun |
| Soil demands: |
Will thrive on nutritious soils. Maintain longer-term soil fertility. Tolerates most well-drained soils, including alkaline. |
| Water demands: |
Low-Moderate |
| WA Waterwise |
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| Native or Exotic: |
Exotic |
| Leaf habit: |
Deciduous |
| Family: |
Oleaceae |
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Additional references and recommended reading:
Boland, D. J. et al (2006) "Forest Trees of Australia" 5th Edition, Australia: CSIRO Publishing.
Gilman, Edward F. (1997) "Trees for Urban and Suburban Landscapes", Florida: Delmar Cengage Learning.
Lorenz von Ehren "Von Ehren Manual" 2nd Edition, Hamburg.
Rushforth, K. (2001) "Easy Tree Guide, Britain and Europe", London: Aurum Press.
Urban Forests Ecosystems Institute, "SelecTree - A Tree Selection Guide" retrieved from http://selectree.calpoly.edu/treelist.lasso 2009.
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