Flowering TreesChinese Pistache
Pistacia chinensis
Chinese Pistache (Pistacia chinensis) is a medium-growing flowering tree, hardy in USDA zones 6-9, that matures to about 30-35 ft × 20-30 ft. It does best in full sun with low water needs in well-drained, moist and occasionally-dry soil. Expect green blooms in spring. It attracts songbirds, stands up well to drought, heat and pollution, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 6-9
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Low
- Mature size
- 30-35 ft × 20-30 ft
- Spacing
- more than 60 feet
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist, Occasionally-dry
- Foliage
- Green
- Bloom color
- Green
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Attracts
- Songbirds
- Tough against
- Drought, Heat, Pollution
- Watch out for
- Weedy
- Native to
- China to Phillipines
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Chinese Pistache is hardy to about -10°F (estimated from USDA zone 6), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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