FRAXINUS OXYCARPA 'RAYWOOD'
USDA HARDINESS ZONES: 5-8
SUN EXPOSURE: FULL SUN
HEIGHT: 30-40 FT
SPREAD: 20 FT
THE BOLD ROUND-HEADED FORM IS PERFECT TO CAST SUMMER SHADE. DARK GREEN FOLIAGE TURNS ATTRACTIVE WINE RED IN FALL. RESISTANT TO THE ASH BLIGHT. A DROUGHT TOLERANT DECIDUOUS TREE. FULL SUN. VIGOROUS GROWER TO 60 TO 70 FEET TALL AND ALMOST AS WIDE.DECIDUOUS; OVAL AND UPRIGHT; MODERATE CANOPY. FOLIAGE: DARK GREEN, SERRATED, PINNATE LEAVES, WITH PAIRED LEAFLETS 1"
LONG.
FALL FOLIAGE IS PURPLE-RED; TREE IS BARE NOVEMBER-FEBRUARY.
SEEDLESS; THIS VARIETY LACKS THE WINGED SEEDS TYPICAL OF ASHES, AND
PRODUCES
LITTLE SIDEWALK LITTER. SMOOTH, LIGHT BROWN BARK.