Claret ash RAYWOOD
Fraxinus angustifolia (f.oxycrapa)
RAYWOOD
Claret ash
USUAL HEIGHT and WIDTH
10-15m x 2-5m
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LEAVES
deciduous broadleaf |
SIZE/TYPE
medium-sized tree |
COLOUR OF LEAVES
green
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BLOOMING TIME
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LOCATION
full sun |
FLOWERS
insignificant or non-blooming |
USDA zone (lowest)
5 (down to -29°C)
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COLOUR OF FLOWERS
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WINTER PROTECTION
for zone 5+6
 for zone 7
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Belongs to categories
Deciduous broadleaf
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GLOSSARY
- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
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DESCRIPTION
Raywood is a very elegant variety of a deciduous tree called Claret ash. Its leaves are pinnate, up to 25 cm long and are composed of narrow, elliptic and very glossy individual leaflets that are deep green in summer and turn golden yellow, bright red and burgundy-brown in the autumn. It needs a hot summer and long enough autumn to perform the best colour shades.
Claret ash grows fast and upright, making an almost oval, narrow crown when you, spreading with age. To achieve a denser crown it can be pruned when you (at the end of winter). This variety does not make fertile seeds therefore it is not invasive.
Ash can take almost any soil type, it can withstand both drought and temporary water-logging when established but do not plant new trees in boggy soil. Grow in full sun for best autumn colours. Fully hardy to min. -27°C (USDA zone 5b).
Last update 30-12-2008
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