Smooth Rose vs White Fringe Tree - TreeTime.ca

Smooth Rose vs White Fringe Tree

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White Fringe Tree
Smooth Rose

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.

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 Quick Facts

Smooth Rose Quick Facts

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




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