Fragrant Snowbell
Styrax obassia
Styracaceae
Growth habit
Tree
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Japan
Location
Comstock Knoll and Rhododendron Collection
Source of plant
Klyn Nurseries, Morris Arboretum, Peter Podaras
Description
Shrub or tree reaching 10 m in height with ascending branches, floccose at first, quickly becoming glabrous. Leaves usually nearly orbicular or broadly obovate or elliptic, 7-15 cm long, abruptly acuminate, sparsely dentate on the apical half, dark green above, densely pubescent beneath, the petiole 6-20 mm long. Flowers held in 10-20 cm long nodding racemes, partly hidden by the foliage, fragrant, the corolla deeply 5-lobed, 2 cm long.
USDA Hardiness Zone
6