Fraxinus americana | American White Ash | Tree
Fraxinus americana belongs to the plant family OLEACE and Genus Fraxinus This Tree prefers Dry soil , a pH which can apply to most normal garden soil conditions, . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Full sun to partial shade
We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Fraxinus americana does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds
Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Fraxinus americana so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties
Fraxinus americana American white ash is not known as a butterfly attracting plant
Fraxinus americana | American White Ash is a deciduous plant which means it loses its leaves in Autumn or Fall. Deciduous trees should not be planted close to water features or fish ponds.
Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … Typical mix of: 3 parts Nitrogen (N), 2 parts Phosphorous (P) and 3 parts Potassium (K for Latin name Kalium).
The leaves of Fraxinus americana as well as the bark have been used in traditional fabric dyeing. A range of possible colors can be produced by American white ash including light yellow, bright yellow, rosy tan and brown. It is traditionally used to dye wool. (The mordants used for fixing the dye include: alum, tin, chrome.) This plant can survive very cold winters with annual averages as low as -40 Fahrenheit. Full sun to partial shade is best for growing this species. It prefers dry soils.
Fraxinus americana will under good growing conditions survive and prosper between 5 and20 years.
Fraxinus americana is a woody perennial. American white ash is deciduous in nature.
This specimen plant will normally never grow higher than 120' feet will have an overall spread somewhere between ... not specified on this plants page
The Leaves;Bark of Fraxinus americana can be used to produce a natural dye having the following color(s) … light yellow,bright yellow,rosy tan,brown
Fraxinus americana has been used in traditional herbal healing as either an astringent or a bitter. Traditional medicinal remedies are made from the bark. This anemophilous species has only a light pollen count during hay fever season. March to May is the usual season for causing hay-fever problems.
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Fraxinus americana is distributed as follows … Eastern Canada to Southern US
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