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STYRAX
Commonly known as Snowbell tree
All Flower JUN-JUL
Fragrant snowbell flowers presented as solitary, in pendent, terminal or axillary racemes or panicles, or produced in clusters on short branchlets.
Graceful trees for a woodland garden.
Genus of about 130 species of deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees found in woodland or thickets in Europe, Asia, and North America, including Mexico.
Further Reading....
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Deciduous
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White'Pink Chimes' is a delicate pink -
Tall Shrub
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Tree
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Hardy - very cold winterHardy in all of UK and northern Europe. Plant can possibly withstand temperatures down to -20°C (-4°F) -
Full sunShelter from cold, drying winds -
Partial shade
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Additional Features
Good to knowLarge shrub or small tree, of graceful habit. Attractive to bees. Good for woodland garden. Flowers on previous year's wood
Pests & DiseasesTrouble free
Place of originEurope, Asia and North AmericaResistant to honey fungusThese plants have little or few problems with honey fungus. -
Flower ShapeCup-shaped
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HardinessFully hardy
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Scented PlantsScented flowers
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Soil ConditionsFertile moist well-drained soilNeutral to acid soil
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Wildlife
Bee friendly
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Shrubs and Trees - Seeds - 1) Collecting Seeds
- When is the right time to collect seeds?
- When are seeds actually ripe and ready for collection?
- Magnolia seed collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Cornus capitata seed collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Lithocarpus Seed Collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Rhododendron seed collecting - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Camellia seed collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
Shrubs and Trees - Seeds - 2) Storing Seeds
- Storing seeds over winter
- Embothrium Collecting and Storing Seeds
- Decaisnea Seed Collection & Potting
Shrubs and Trees - Seeds - 3) Planting Seeds
Styrax - Care Guide
- Introduction
- Propagation
- S. formosanus & hemsleyanus in June - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Styrax japonicus ‘Emerald Pagoda’ - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Styrax japonicus ‘Pendulus’ - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Further Reading
Trees - Care Guide
- How to plant a tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- How to plant a tree
- Ties - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Restaking fallen young trees - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Fallen old tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Clearing up fallen beech tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Spring pruning - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing side shoots - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Pruning and Shaping Magnolia - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Deer protection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Weed Spraying - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing Ivy - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing wire protection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Tree Survey - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Crown uplift - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing shoots below graft - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing peeling bark - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Maintaining variegation - Video Tip ondemand_video
Buy Varieties of STYRAX
STYRAX formosanus var. formosanus
Formosan snowbell, Snowbell tree
the most beautiful of all the Styrax with large white pendulous star-shaped flowers and distinctive smooth bark
Gift-wrapping available
£30.00 each
STYRAX japonicus
Japanese snowbell
pendulous bell-like white flowers in profusion. A most attractive summer-flowering tree
Small
Gift-wrapping available
£20.00 each
STYRAX japonicus 'Evening Light'
Japanese snowbell
a new styrax selection with dark purple leaves and white flowers
STYRAX japonicus 'Fargesii'
Japanese snowbell
a more tree-like form with larger leaves
STYRAX japonicus 'Pendulus'
Japanese snowbell
a form with trailing branches which is best grown over a bank to look up into the flowers
STYRAX japonicus 'Pink Chimes'
Japanese snowbell
delicate pink flowers
Small
Gift-wrapping available
£35.00 each
STYRAX japonicus 'Snowcone'
Japanese snowbell
white flowers, pyramidal habit
Gift-wrapping available
£30.00 each
STYRAX officinalis
Mediterranean storax, Storax
short drooping clusters of large fragrant flowers. Needs a warm sheltered site
STYRAX wuyuanensis
Snowbell tree
a rare species with clusters of long white flowers
Useful extras...
Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
Q4 Pelleted Fertiliser
A useful fertiliser suitable for use on a wide variety of plants. Q4 provides all the nutrients and trace elements essential for vigorous growth, abundant flowering and ripening of fruit.
3 options from £6.00
Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
Rootgrow mycorrhizal fungi
Recommended by the RHS. Contains Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi. Suitable for all trees and shrubs (except rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers, cranberries and blueberries)
2 options from £6.00
Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
All-purpose Seaweed Stimulant
All-purpose organic concentrated seaweed feed that is a ready to use, derived from sustainable harvested kelp, that can be used on all outdoor and indoor plants, except acid loving plants.
Perfect used in conjunction with Rootgrow™.
Only £7.50
Garden Goodies
Slate Plant Labels
These wonderfully tactile natural slate plant labels are hand made in Cornwall and come with a chalk pen.
Just stick them in your pot or border. Pack of 6.
Only £10.20
Garden Goodies
Slate Tie-on Plant Labels
Hand made in Cornwall, these delightful natural slate labels are perfect for pots.
Comes with chalk pen. Pack of 5
Only £10.20
