Old Man's Beard
Chionanthus virginicus L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 6.4 m
- wide
- 4.9 m
Oleaceae
Also called American Fringe Tree, American Fringetree, Fringe Tree, Fringetree, Grancy Greybeard
Formerly Chionanthus angustifolius, Chionanthus cotinifolius, Chionanthus fragrans, Chionanthus heterophylus, and 11 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- C. & E. U.S.A.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 3.7 m to 9.1 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 3.7 m to 6.1 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, creamRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- Slovenian
- virginski sneženec
- Chinese
- 美国流苏树
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- 3D model: Chionanthus virginicus (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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