Snowbell
Styrax hemsleyanus
Styracaceae
Growth habit
Tree
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Central and W China
Location
Comstock Knoll and Rhododendron Collection
Source of plant
Broken Arrow Nursery
Description
Shrub, to 5m high, also tree-like, to 10m high, shoots stellate pubescent at first, quickly becoming glabrous; leaves obliquely obovate, acuminate, 7-13cm long, 5-7cm wide, sparsely finely serrate, base cuneate to round, glabrous above, underside slightly stellate pubescent; flowers in pubescent, 8-15cm long racemes, corolla 1.5-2cm long, limb lobes imbricate in the bud stage, stalk 3-4mm long; fruits obovoid, 1.5cm long.
USDA Hardiness Zone
8