Ptelea trifoliata
Wafer Ash or Hop Tree
Small flowers with "the powerful scent of honeysuckle, ..probably the most fragrant of any hardy tree" (Hillier)
- Forest Farm (link here)
AKA Stinking Ash
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1710/
This might work as an understory tree in the garden.
Zone 4 and shade tolerant.
There seems to be some disagreement on the scent of the flowers.
"Carrion flies pollinate the flowers. "
- Missouri Botanical Garden (link here)
Monday, August 17, 2009
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