Chionanthus retusa: Chinese Fringe Tree Seeds

Zones: 6 to 9Mature Height: 30 feetMature Spread:20 feet It is a species of Chionanthus native to eastern Asia, in eastern and central China, Korea, and Japan. It is a deciduous shrub or small to medium-sized tree growing to 20 m in height, with thick, fissured bark. The leaves are 3–12 cm long and 2–6.5 cm broad, simple ovate to oblong-elliptic, with a hairy, 0.5–2 cm long petiole. The flowers are white, produced in panicles 3–12 cm long. The fruit is a blue-black drupe 1–1.5 cm long and 0.6–1 cm diameter. It is cultivated in Europe and North America as an ornamental tree, valued for its feathery white flowerheads. How To Start These Seeds:Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hoursStratification: Warm stratify for 120 days, cold stratify for 60 daysGermination: Sow seed 3/8 inch deep, keep moist, mulch the seed bedOther: Pick seeds with radicles out of warm stratification, then give them cold stratification. Seed Count Per Packet:This packet contains 15 hand-sorted,