Manchurian Ash

The Manchurian Ash is an upright deciduous shade tree with a strong trunk and a tear-drop crown, reaching 50 feet tall and 30 feet wide, with the potential to eventually grow taller. It has leaves of 9 or 11 leaflets, which are dark green, turning glowing shades of golden yellow, sometimes with red flushes, early in fall. The winter buds are large and black. This is an incredibly tough tree, able to handle extreme low temperatures, grow in wet ground, survive urban conditions and difficult locations. Grow it as a shade tree, a lawn specimen, by water or as a screening tree.

• Upright tree to 50 feet with a tear-drop crown
• Attractive fall colors of glowing golden yellow
• Very tough and cold-resistant shade tree
• Grows in wet ground and urban conditions
• Being trialed for resistance to emerald ash borer

Full sun is best for the Manchurian Ash, which will even grow in warm parts of zone 2. It will grow in almost all soils, including acid or alkaline ground, clays and sands, and in wet ground as well as ordinary soil. It tolerates urban soils and polluted areas. Although not well-tested, it could be resistant to the deadly emerald ash borer, and other problems generally cause few problems.