Sun: prefers partial shade

Soil: moist and well draining

Growth rate: slow to medium (1 ft/yr)

Mature size: 15-20 ft.

Landscape use: ornamental; pollinator garden; mid-canopy

Fruit: blue/black drupe

Flower: fragrant white/green flowers with 4-6 long thin petals that hang in clusters; late spring; "Chionanthus" are Greek words for "snow flower"

Fall color: golden yellow

Planting notes: some plants emerge as multi-stemmed shrub, others with a single leader; looks nice planted in groups

Seasonal interest: spring flowers, fall fruit

Sustaining wildlife: larval host to the Rustic Sphinx moth and Fringetree Sallow (which also hosts on Ash, which are harder to come by due to the emerald ash borer), fruit for birds including songbirds like cardinal, blue jay, and pileated woodpecker. Deer eat the fruit as well!