Box Elder

It is specie of the east of North America that a few times exceeds 20-m height. Each of the pinned leaves of long petiole is formed by five or seven folioles similar to the ash tree and alder ones; its autumnal colors are not very attractive. The pairs of wing seeds are parallel.

The 'Variegatum' cultivation has pure white leaves and is more frequently planted than the green original type, but it turns to green in the shoots that grow in the base.

Habit: Quick, columnar growth.

Autochthonous habitat: Gardening origin.

Cultivation: In any fertile soil, that retains water but with good drainage. Any branch with full green leaves has to be removed.

Multiplication: By graft at the end of winter or beginning of spring or by side grafting in summer

Encyclopedia BLUME, Trees, wood and forests of the world, H. Edlin/M.Nimmo, page 190.

Manual of Identification Royal Horticultural Society, Garden trees Editorial La Isla, page 63