Ptelea trifoliata (Wafer Ash) hummingbird friendly Square-bud Primrose

Square-bud Primrose

Wheat-like seed spikes mature in autumn

including bees and butterflies

but instead let grow naturally

Ptelea trifoliata (Wafer Ash) hummingbird friendly Square-bud PrimroseAlso called Hop Tree. Wafer Ash is an attractive shrub or small understory tree. It is adaptable and can handle both moist conditions and dry, rocky sites. It does well in a variety of soil types and exposures, but does best as an understory tree in moist soils such as an irrigated garden, low area of the garden, or rain garden. It can tolerate a range of soil from sandy to heavy clays. It provides yellow fall color. If grown in full sun and cut back,