| Scientific Name: | Fraxinus ornus |
| Common Name: | manna ash, flowering ash |
| Family Name: | Oleaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 7 - 10m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Fall interest, Shade tree, Specimen plant, Spring interest, Street (boulevard tree) |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Odd-pinnate, Leaflets stalked, Elliptic, Obovate, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Panicle, White, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Samara, Green, Brown, Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct-Nov, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves pinnately 20-30cm long with (5-)7(-9) finely serrated leaflets with most 7-11cm long x 2-4cm wide; flowers in dense panicles 10-20cm long after leaves, each floret has four slender creamy white petals 5-6mm long; samaras 2-2.5cm long x 4-7mm wide, hanging in clusters, appear green in summer and mature brown in fall. Winter ID: bark smooth, dark grey; buds fuzzy, orangish-grey to brown; leaf scars half-round; vein scars numerouns, tiny, forming nearly an oval ring. | |