(Rutaceae)
Zanthoxylum ailanthoides  BSWJ11394

Description

A tree from my top 10. When grown well the foliage alone can be stunning. Forming a medium-large sized spiny deciduous tree, with wonderfully elongated pinnate leaves comprised of 19-23 lanceolate serrulate leaflets with slender tips. Which may be pollarded in small gardens to extenuate the size of leaf and glaucous new growth. The flowers are born in wide cymes terminally and from the upper axils. Best grown in full sun to part shade in a well drained soil. From one of our seed collections gathered from Shikoku Japan in 2006.