In the urban landscape
The manna ash is a small-to-medium tree perfect for city streets: a tidy, rounded crown, fragrant white May blossom and excellent tolerance of heat and drought. A Mediterranean alternative to northern ashes.
Fraxinus ornus
Manna ash
Prized for its elegance and fragrant, decorative flowering; it adds character to gardens and parks.
- Habit
- Small tree
- Diameter
- 6 cm
- Height
- 4 m
- Availability
- 35
Did you know?
In Sicily it is still farmed for manna: cutting the bark in summer releases a sap that solidifies into sweet stalactites, used as a natural sweetener and now a Slow Food presidium.
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