Chionanthus retusus Batch No:174764 chinensis bearing a glorious mass

chinensis bearing a glorious mass of elegant creamy-white flower bracts in June

Here trained into a pleach shape

Will tolerate a degree in lime

dainty tree with semi-double blush-to-white flowers through winter and offering good autumn colour

the native plants can be either male or female

Chionanthus retusus Batch No:174764 chinensis bearing a glorious massA rare and most attractive species with a broad, wide spreading habit and lustrous, bright green leaves which are downy white beneath. Clusterns of fragrant white flowers with fringe like petals bloom in May June followed by blueish black berries enjoyed by birds. Good yellow autumn colour and lovely peeling bark. H6