Texas Ash
Fraxinus albicans
Texas ash is a compact, drought-hardy ash of central Texas limestone hills with reliable purple-and-gold fall color. Like all ashes, it is vulnerable to the emerald ash borer, which is spreading west — plant with that risk in mind.
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 30–50 ft
- Spacing
- 30–45 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- green, purple
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, pollinators
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~149 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen
- Native states
- OK, TX