- Family :
- Oléaceae
- Origin :
- Horticultural
- Hardiness :
- 5b
- Exposition :
- Full sun or partial shade
- Height at maturity :
- 3 m
- Spread at maturity :
- 3 m
- Spacing requirement from power lines and infrastructure :
- None
- Tree size :
- Small
- Crown shape :
- Erect, globular and irregular shape; strong, stiff, gray branches
- Roots :
- Intermediate root system
- Growth rate :
- Slow
- Soil and moisture :
- Average humidity
- Tolerance to pollution :
- Average
- Tolerance to road salt :
- Average
- Tolerance to spray salt :
- Low
- Tolerance to compaction :
- Low
- Common problems (disease, fungus, insects) :
- Some sensitivity to scale and borers (especially when grown in dry locations). Sensitive to chlorosis in alkaline soils (yellowing of foliage)
- Special comments :
- Shrub. This varitety has several trunks.
Oblong, elliptical and opposite; 8 to 20 cm in length; dense foliage; late budburst; green in summer and yellow in fall