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Buy Styrax wilsonii

Also Known As

Chinese Snowbell
Wilson's Snowbell

Plant type

tree

size

H: 8'-10'
W: 8'

planting zones

7a-9b

4-5 feet | $226

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5-6' | $296

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Styrax wilsonii plant details

Styrax wilsonii is a broadleaf deciduous tree with green foliage. In spring white flowers emerge. Grows well with sun - mostly shade and even moisture water. Does well in well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Styrax wilsonii

Plant type: tree
Plant family: styracaceae
Foliage: deciduous green
Mature size: 8 FT wide, 8 FT - 10 FT - tall
Flowers: white blooms in spring
Uses: fall color, small tree

GROWING CONDITIONS for Styrax wilsonii

USDA Zones: 7a - 9b
Sun exposure: sun - mostly shade
Watering frequency: even moisture

Soil needs: well-drained

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Small deciduous tree nearly as wide as high. Bell-shaped white flowers with yellow centers appear in June, even on younger trees. A choice selection for the smaller garden.

By: Bloom River Gardens

From western China, in particular W. Sichuan, where it grows on rocky hillsides. Extremely floriferous shrubs or small trees to 9'. It is perhaps the most free flowering and diminutive of the Styrax. The fruit is an oblong dried drupe. The many branched shrub with chestnut brown stems has blooms in terminal racemes with 3-5 flowers over an extremely long period -- according to Harvard's Flora of China, from April through July and fruiting from Aug - Oct. Fragrant starry rather than bell- shaped blooms are smaller than other species BUT make up for it in literally covering the stems in a cloud of white stars. Blooms at a young age.

By: Lazy S'S Farm Nursery

One of the nice attributes of this species from China is that it flowers so young with its nodding white bells, borne in clusters at the leaf axils in June. It is rare in America and should be grown more. It makes a delightful small tree.