ID Characteristic | Light green foliage, tinged pink in the spring and compound leaves growing in dense arrangements. |
Shape | Vertical, tall with a wide canopy. |
Landscape | More of an oddity than a valuable landscape specimen it becomes ungainly and unkempt towards maturity and thus id best pruned regularly to flush desirable foliage for a show. Towards the end of each growing season the foliage as in most negundo cultivars becomes gall infested and thus actually detracts from the garden. |
Propagation | Root hardwood cuttings under mist and bottom heat or bud on A. negundo rootstock. |
Cultivation | Suitable for partial shade to full sun it is drought tolerant and generally tolerant of poor soils. It tolerates severs cold thus making it a 'suitable' landscape specimen for the more northerly ranges. |
Pests | Leaf stalk borer, petiole borer, gall mites, crimson ereneum mite, aphids and box elder bug are all common problems of the species and cultivar. |
Notable Specimens | The University of British Columbia Botanical Gardens, Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Habitat | Horticultural origin. |
Bark/Stem Description | Olive green on young branches initially covered by a white bloom. Mature branches turn grey-beige, with the trunk turning beige with medium furrows. |
Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Buds are about 5 mm long, two scaled and covered with silky hairs. |
Leaf Description | Rich, almost shiny, light to medium green with white margins and a pink tinge in the spring, leaves are compound often with 7-9 leaflets to a leaf, to 15 cm in length. |
Flower Description | White flower in the spring that is inconspicuous and not at all showy. |
Fruit Description | Seeds held in large drooping clusters, often persisting into the winter months. |