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Chinese Pistache

Chinese Pistache

Pistacia chinensis


Height: 25-50'
Spread: 15-25'
Shape: Rounded, vase
Foliage: Medium to fine textured foliage (an asset in smaller landscapes) that creates a light-textured shade pattern. Foliage remains an attractive, deep green color during the growing season, even in the rocky, highly alkaline, horribly abused soils common to many new urban home sites across Texas
Fall Color: Outstanding! Red, Orange, Fiery Red
Hardiness: 6-9

Comments: Tough Tree. Well-suited to urban planting conditions. Use as screen, specimen, Street Tree, Prefers well-drained soils. Adapts to alkaline and acid soils alike. Pest-free once established. Showy Fruit on females. Showy bark.


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