- Eventual Height: 20m
- Eventual Spread: 12m
Claret Ash
Fraxinus angustifolia Raywood
- Position: sun
- Soil: moist, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: fast-growing
- Flowering period: March to June
- Flower colour: inconspicuous flowers
- Other features: this is a very vigorous variety
- Hardiness: hardy
Slender dark, glossy green leaves in summer turn claret-red in autumn. A beautiful ash that is fast-growing with a slender shape and graceful foliage that slightly droops. Best planted as a specimen tree in grass.
- Garden care: Requires minimal pruning. Remove any broken, diseased or crossing branches in late autumn or winter. When planting incorporate lots of well-rotted garden compost in the planting hole and stake firmly.
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