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Smooth Rose vs White Fringe Tree

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Chionanthus virginicus

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Smooth Rose
White Fringe Tree

The Smooth Rose is a hardy shrub and is nearly-thornless. This plant is a vigorous grower that is covered in the summer with fragrant, pale pink and white flowers. In the fall, this shrub produces bright-red rose hips that are high in Vitamin C making them great for syrups and preserves.

The Smooth Rose, also known as the Meadow Rose or Prairie Rose, is great for attracting bees and other pollinators to your garden.

White Fringe Tree is known for its fringe-like white flowers. It can either grow as a small tree or a large multistemmed shrub. The White Fringe Tree has separate male and female plants. Both male and female flowers have white fringe-like petals, but the male flowers are longer and showier. The female flowers give way to clusters of dark blue to black berries. These berries are not edible for humans but attract birds and other wildlife.

The White Fringe Tree is tolerant of clay soils, saline soils, and air pollution but does not do well in prolonged dry conditions.

Smooth Rose Quick Facts

White Fringe Tree Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Height: 5 m (15 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 5 m (15 ft)
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: normal, wet
Light: any
Light: partial shade, full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Berries: blue to black
Flowers: pink and white
Flowers: fragrant, white clusters
Bark: thin smooth
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: slow
Life span: long
Life span: medium
Maintenance: medium
Suckering: high
Suckering: medium




Other Names: meadow rose, wild rose
Other Names: american fringe tree, american fringetree, fringe tree, fringetree, north american fringe tree, white fringetree