Fragrant Snowbell

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