| Description | Patmore Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) is a cultivar of the green Ash with an evenly branched crown. Ash trees have become decimated by the emerald ash borer. |
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| Pronunciation | (FRACK-si-nus)(pen-sil-VA-ni-ka) |
| Plant Type | Trees Deciduous, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-9 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | a seedless Ash |
| Fruit | samara |
| Leaves | pinnate compound with 5-7 dark green serrated leaflets. Fall coloration has been inconsistent for the tree in my yard. |
| Dimensions | 50-60 feet tall by 35 feet spread, pyramidal with a strong central leader, ascending branches, can become rounded |
| Maintenance | Emerald Ash Borer problem, almost impossible to control |
| Propagation | top graft |
| Cultivar Origin | Selected from a group of seedlings in 1967 by Richard Patmore of Patmore Nursery, Brandon, Manitoba. The seedling were growing in the town of Vegreville, Alberta Canada |
| Author's Notes | The Ash trees in our state have been decimated by the emerald ash borer. Lost a Patmore Ash and 3 others on my property. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson) |
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