FRAXINUS dipetala. Flowering ash. California. In the interior hills of California, one finds many plants which seem to hover at the borderline between tree and shrub. This is one such plant, related to many substantial street and shade trees in cultivation. It grows up to 20’ high but is often much less. The trunks are sturdy and usually upright, with upcurved to spreading branches and attractive smooth bark. Three- to seven-parted leaves with bright green, shiny leaflets up to 3" long are paired along the stems. Its most remarkable feature is its lacy panicles of small, glistening white flowers. These are followed by winged fruits resembling those of the maples, each about an inch long and decorative until they shatter in late fall. An attractive shrub-tree for individual display or use in group plantings with other dryland natives. Sun, most soils, moderate to only occasional summer watering. Probably hardy, in this material, nearly to 0^oF.