Toona sinensis
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Michael Dirr Toona sinensis
Michael Dirr
Toona sinensis
Toona sinensis (click for large image)
Chinese Cedrela, Chinese Toon
Common Names:
  • Chinese Cedrela
  • Chinese Toon
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Origin:

  Northern and Eastern China  

Sun/Water Requirements:

  Requires full sun.
Moderate to dry conditions.

Climate / Hardiness Zones:

  Zone 5 to Zone 7

Dirr says: "has survived -25 degrees F, however Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL, reported freeze injury almost every year."

Growth:

  Range: Grows from 30' to 50'.
Dirr says: "30 to 40' tall under landscape conditions; can grow 60 to 70' in the wild; often suckering and forming colonies. Upright oval, single-stemmed and from a distance resembles carya ovata (Shagbark Hickory) ; may also be multi-stemmed."

Flowers:

  Season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer

Dirr says: "maloderous, borne in pendulous 12" long panicles in June."  

Foliage:

  Deciduous
Color: Leaves are dark green and green in the summer and yellow and green in the fall.
Dirr says: "reddish purple when unfolding, gradually turning medium to dark green in summer; fall color is of no consequence."  

Fruit:

  Color: Black
Season(s): Late Spring, Early Summer
 

Landscape Value:

  Can be used as a shade tree.

Dirr says: "Has been used as a street tree in Philadelphia, PA, Santa Barbara, CA and Paris, France"

Other:

  Is Resistant to Drought
Is Urban Tolerant
 

Other Toona sinensis References & Articles:
Toona sinensis is hardy in these areas:
Allegan, MIAllentown, PAAlsip, IL
Athens, MIAugusta, MIBaltimore, MD
Bangor, MIBattle Creek, MIBayside, NY
Bellmore, NYBellport, NYBethpage, NY
Blue Point, NYBohemia, NYBrentwood, NY
Brightwaters, NYBronxville, NYBrookhaven, NY
Canton, MIChannahon, ILCharlottesville, VA
Chicago Heights, ILChicago Ridge, ILChicago, IL
Cicero, ILCleveland, OHCoal City, IL
College Point, NYConneaut, OHCorona, NY
Crete, ILDetroit, MIDewitt, MI
Dimondale, MIDolton, ILDorset, OH
Eagle, MIEast Claridon, OHEast Elmhurst, NY
East Greenville, PAEast Lansing, MIEast Texas, PA
Eastchester, NYEaston, PAEaton Rapids, MI
Ecorse, MIEdmore, MIElkins Park, PA
Elmhurst, NYElmwood Park, ILElyria, OH
Emmaus, PAEvergreen Park, ILFerndale, MI
Flushing, NYForest Hills, NYFort Eustis, VA
Fresh Meadows, NYGlen Burnie, MDGrand Rapids, MI
Greenlawn, NYGwynn Oak, MDHamtramck, MI
Harper Woods, MIHarrison Township, MIHastings On hudson, NY
Highland Park, MIHolbrook, NYHoltsville, NY
Hunt Valley, MDHuntington Station, NYHuntington, NY
Islandia, NYJackson Heights, NYKalamazoo, MI
Lakewood, OHLandisburg, PALawn, PA
Leasburg, NCLebanon, PALemoyne, PA
Lewistown, PALexington, NCLiberty, NC
Linwood, NCLittle Neck, NYLiverpool, PA
Loysville, PALykens, PAMacomb, MI
Marysville, MIMaspeth, NYMcalisterville, PA
Melville, NYMemphis, MIMemphis, TN
Mentor, OHMiddle Village, NYMiddlefield, OH
Montville, OH
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