{"id":10440,"date":"2018-01-17T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T17:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=10440"},"modified":"2024-12-02T17:47:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T22:47:39","slug":"small-landscape-tree-try-chinese-pistache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2018\/01\/17\/small-landscape-tree-try-chinese-pistache\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Landscape Tree – Try Chinese Pistache"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pistacia chinensis<\/p><\/div>\n

Chinese pistache tree (Pistachia\u00a0<\/em>chinensis<\/em>)<\/em> is an underplanted small 30-35 foot landscape tree native to China, Taiwan and the Philippines (USDA hardiness zones 6b-9). It is related to the edible nut pistache tree (Pistachia vera<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Foliage consists of pinnate compound, dark green leaves (to 10 inches long), each leaf typically having 10-12 lanceolate leaflets (to 4\u00a0inches long). The tree displays a fine leaf texture. The small leaflets are an easy clean-up at raking time. Foliage is aromatic when bruised. The eye catching fall color is crimson red, bright orange, or\u00a0occasionally yellow.<\/p>\n

This tree species is dioecious, e.g a single tree is either male or female. Pistache blooms in April but is not a standout compared to all shrubs and trees flowering at this time. Female flower clusters are nearly twice as wide as males. The non-edible fruits turn red in summer before ripening to blue-purple in winter.\u00a0 However, the berries (drupes, \u00bc inches in diameter) are a food source for birds. Gray-brown bark on older trees peels to reveal salmon inner bark.<\/p>\n

Chinese pistache grows in moist, compost rich, well-drained soils in full sun. It prospers in full sun but can handle partial shade. Verticillium wilt can become a serious problem in poorly drained\u00a0soil.\u00a0A 2-year old established\u00a0tree tolerates summer heat, drought, and moderate air pollution.\u00a0Annual pruning in early years is essential to maintain a symmetrical tree with good form.<\/p>\n

If you are concerned about berries dropping on walkways,\u00a0select a fruitless male clone, P. chinensis<\/em> \u2018Keith Davey,\u2019 a 35-foot high tree with a crown diameter of 30 feet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chinese pistache tree (Pistachia\u00a0chinensis) is an underplanted small 30-35 foot landscape tree native to China, Taiwan and the Philippines (USDA hardiness zones 6b-9). It is related to the edible nut pistache tree (Pistachia vera). Foliage consists of pinnate compound, dark green leaves (to 10 inches long), each leaf typically having 10-12 lanceolate leaflets (to 4\u00a0inches […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[657,1461,674,806,665,853,551,791,843,1060,601,729,1321,777,705,646,7,113,819,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10440"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10440"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15014,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10440\/revisions\/15014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}