Ash Texas Apple The "Cultivar" Catch: While 'Carolina

The "Cultivar" Catch: While 'Carolina Sapphire' can successfully pollinate itself and produce seeds

The Rule: If you prune back past the green (or blue) foliage into the bare brown wood

it can be pruned to maintain a desired shape or size and to remove dead or damaged branches

Because it is a hybrid

highly prone to chlorosis (yellowing) in alkaline soils

Ash Texas Apple The "Cultivar" Catch: While 'CarolinaThe Texas Ash is a compact, highly resilient deciduous shade tree native to the rocky limestone hills, canyons, and bluffs of Central Texas and southern Oklahoma. A smaller, desert hardy relative of the White Ash, it typically reaches a modest height of 30 to 45 feet, developing a naturally dense, tidy, and rounded canopy. It features handsome, deep green leaflets with distinctly pale undersides that provide excellent summer shade before putting on