🌱: Chionanthus virginicus Video description: a pan of a tree with green leaves and black olive like fruit. A bird is eating the fruit. #Trees #PublicGardens #SmithsonianGardens #DCGardens | Smithsonian Gardens

Last week, we talked about the Chinese Fringe tree, Chionanthus retusus and wanted to follow up with the American Fringe tree, Chionanthus virginicus! While these two trees grow and look very similar, the American variety is native to the southeast and grows much smaller than the Chinese variety. You may be familiar with the American Fringe tree by the names “Grancy Graybread” or “Old man’s beard” but you can also remember that Chionanthus virginicus all most has the word “Virginia” in it, like