Gregg's Ash
Fraxinus greggii
Gregg's ash is a small, fine-textured evergreen-tending ash of Southwestern limestone canyons, well suited to xeric gardens. Far more drought-adapted than its large cousins, though still an emerald ash borer host.
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 15–25 ft
- Spacing
- 10–20 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~149 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- AZ, NM, TX
Related native plants
More Fraxinus species
- Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
- White Ash (Fraxinus americana)
- Oregon Ash (Fraxinus latifolia)
- Texas Ash (Fraxinus albicans)
- Black Ash (Fraxinus nigra)
- Blue Ash (Fraxinus quadrangulata)