Common names do this to us. The same one is often used for two or three plants. Some times you will see grancy graybeard as white fringe tree. I have heard Chinese as well. Best I recall Chionanthus virginicus is our grancy graybeard. A plant with more showy white petals is most often called Chinese fringe tree. I believe it to be Chionanthus retusus. Loropetulum is most often commonly called Chinese fringe plant. I think common names are fun. Science has no place for them Common Joe
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I guess bamboo is a renewable/sustainable wood product!
Is Grancie Graybeard the same as Chinese Fringe Tree?
No. Chinese Fringe tree is a commone name for Loropetulum.
Grancie Graybeard is a native found in the woods around East Texas and elsewhere.
Common names do this to us. The same one is often used for two or three plants. Some times you will see grancy graybeard as white fringe tree. I have heard Chinese as well. Best I recall Chionanthus virginicus is our grancy graybeard. A plant with more showy white petals is most often called Chinese fringe tree. I believe it to be Chionanthus retusus. Loropetulum is most often commonly called Chinese fringe plant. I think common names are fun. Science has no place for them Common Joe
Neil Sperry's Landscape Plants for Texas calls Loropetalum --- Fringe Flower. The U.S. National Arboretum also uses Chinese Fringe-flower.
Joe
Will anyone have the Grancie Graybeard available at the plant sale?
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