{"id":2883,"date":"2019-05-16T00:06:51","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T07:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-187\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T16:17:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T00:17:02","slug":"on-glossy-leaved-fringe-trees","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/on-glossy-leaved-fringe-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"on glossy-leaved fringe trees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Which varieties of fringe tree have glossy leaves? I am especially interested in a comparison between <em>C. virginicus<\/em> and <em>C. retusus.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More than one variety of fringe tree (Chionanthus) is described as having lustrous leaves. According to Michael Dirr&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/hortlib.kohacatalog.com\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=2549\"><em>Dirr&#8217;s Hardy Trees and Shrubs<\/em><\/a> (Timber Press, 1997), Chionanthus retusus has &#8220;3- to 8-inch long, lustrous dark green leaves,&#8221; while C. virginicus has &#8220;3- to 8-inch long leaves [which] vary from medium to dark green, with various degrees of gloss.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you wish to see images, you can search Google images with the different species names. Oregon State University&#8217;s online guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu\/plants\/chionanthus-retusus\">Landscape Plants<\/a> has good detailed images and descriptions of these two species of Chionanthus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which varieties of fringe tree have glossy leaves? I am especially interested in a comparison between C. virginicus and C. retusus. &nbsp; More than one variety of fringe tree (Chionanthus) is described as having lustrous leaves. According to Michael Dirr&#8217;s Dirr&#8217;s Hardy Trees and Shrubs (Timber Press, 1997), Chionanthus retusus has &#8220;3- to 8-inch long, lustrous dark green leaves,&#8221; while C. virginicus has &#8220;3- to 8-inch long leaves [which] vary from medium to dark green, with various degrees of gloss.&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/on-glossy-leaved-fringe-trees\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">on glossy-leaved fringe trees<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[566],"class_list":["post-2883","pal","type-pal","status-publish","hentry","keyword-chionanthus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal\/2883"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=2883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}