General Culture:
Best grown in medium moisture, acidic, organically rich, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Prune in winter to control shape.
Noteworthy Characteristics:
This Japanese snowbell cultivar is a shrubby, broad-topped, small tree or large shrub with wide spreading horizontal branches which tend to weep at maturity. Typically grows 10-25' tall. Features small pendulous clusters of bell-shaped, mildly fragrant, pale pink, long-stalked flowers (3/4" long) with showy yellow stamens. Flowers appear in May-June (somewhat late for trees) and give way to grayish-brown drupes which persist into late autumn. Gray bark fissures on older trees revealing an attractive orange inner layer and resulting winter interest. Elliptic-oblong, glossy, dark green leaves (to 3" long).
Problems:
No serious insect or disease problems.
Uses:
Shrub borders. Understory tree for woodland gardens. Lawn specimen. Slopes.
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