If I were to choose a small ornamental tree for a small garden or space, it would be the fringe tree, Chionanthus virginicus. Other names are Grancy Graybeard and old man's beard. Its botanical name ...

Once in a while you meet a shrub that just knocks you off your feet. And so it is with the fringe tree especially right now as it begins showing off. This deciduous shrub is spectacular in full bloom ...

Fringe tree, or Old Man's Beard, (Chionanthus virginicus) has always played twelfth fiddle to dogwood, saucer magnolia, flowering cherry, Bradford pear, and numerous others choices for ...

If you've caught sight of those stunning, petite, white-flowered trees this spring, you're witnessing one of the most dazzling spectacles of the season: the fringe trees. Every spring, I receive a ...

Roadsides in East Texas woodlands are a brilliant emerald green. Most trees have leafed out and flowering dogwood blossoms are beginning to fade. When gazing through the woods it appears as though ...

Back in early September, photographer Dan Mosher brought to light an interesting avian phenomenon at Inniswood Metro Gardens in Westerville. The 123-acre park is a floral oasis. While many nonnative ...

What is more breathtaking than to see flowering trees in full regale in the spring. There are several trees that get an early start like some of the early Japanese cherries, cornelian cherry dogwood, ...

Mayhaw, southern crab apple, sweet pecan, southern magnolia and native fringe trees will be distributed from 10 a.m. to noon Friday at the city of Hammond maintenance facility, 18104 U.S. 190 East.