American Snowbell

Styrax americanus Styracaceae

Growth habit

Shrub

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

South Central U.S.A.

Source of plant

Seneca Hill Perennials, John Filkins, Roslyn Nursery

Description

Small, slender-stemmed shrub reaching 6' to 8' in height. Bell-shaped white flowers with highly reflexedlobes hang from the leaf axils in June and July; fruit is an obovoid, 1/3" long, grayish pubescent drupe which ripens in August and September.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5