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Manchurian Ash

Fraxinus mandshurica

Deciduous Tree

Height

40 - 50 (feet)

Spread

20 - 25 (feet)

Distinctions

Opposite, compound leaves resemble F. nigra; yellow fall leaf color; tolerant of drought and excess moisture; may be more resistant to emerald ash borer than American species; grows very well in Fairbanks.

Limitations

Susceptible to late spring frosts.

Hardiness

INT, SC, SE (Zone 3)

Origin

Japan and northeast China

Cultivars

‘Mancana’

Manchurian Ash
Manchurian Ash