Ash — Trees

Fraxinus excelsior

Full sun, moderate watering — fully hardy.

Plant out: Nov
In flower: Apr, May

Sun: Full sun
Water: Medium
Difficulty: Easy
Hardiness: H6
Season: spring
Pets: Safe around pets
Native: Native

Grows well with

African Marigold — In a trial, African marigolds sown with squash raised the numbers of the insects that prey on aphids, and the crop was slightly better for it.French Marigold — In a trial, squash and pumpkins grown with French marigolds took less damage from squash bugs and cucumber beetles.Nasturtium — In a trial, squash and pumpkins grown with nasturtium took less damage from squash bugs and cucumber beetles.Butternut Squash — Butternut squash can take the squash place in a three sisters bed, sprawling between the sweetcorn and covering the bare soil.Sweet Corn — Let squash sprawl through the sweetcorn. The big leaves shade the soil and hold the moisture in, keeping weeds down, and the damper air helps beans in the same zone set their pods.Winter Squash — Winter squash is the third sister: grown between the sweetcorn it uses the ground the corn leaves empty, shading the soil and keeping weeds down.

Growing notes

Grows to higher than 12 metres. Space about 800+cm apart. In flower Apr-May.