Styrax japonicus 'Carillon'

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Styrax japonicus 'Carillon'

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Kemper Code: W600

Common Name: Japanese snowbell
Zone: 5 to 9
Plant Type: Deciduous shrub
Family: Styracaceae
Missouri Native: No
Native Range: None
Height: 8 to 12 feet
Spread: 8 to 12 feet
Bloom Time: May - June Bloom Data
Bloom Color: White with showy yellow stamens
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Medium

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Plant Culture and Characteristics

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Uses:		Wildlife:	Flowers:	Leaves:	Fruit:
Hedge	Suitable as annual	Attracts birds	Has showy flowers	Leaves colorful	Has showy fruit
Shade tree	Culinary herb	Attracts	Has fragrant flowers	Leaves fragrant	Fruit edible
Street tree	Vegetable	hummingbirds	Flowers not showy	Good fall color	Other:
Flowering tree	Water garden plant	Attracts	Good cut flower	Evergreen	Winter interest
Gr. cover (<1')	Will naturalize	butterflies	Good dried flower		Thorns or spines

General Culture:

Best grown in organically rich, acidic, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Prune as needed in winter to control shape.

Noteworthy Characteristics:

This Japanese snowbell cultivar is a large shrub with wide-spreading branches which weep. Typically grows 8-12' tall. Features small pendulous clusters of bell-shaped, mildly fragrant, white flowers (3/4" long) with showy yellow stamens. Flowers appear in May-June and give way to grayish-brown drupes which persist into late autumn. Gray bark fissures on older branches to reveal orange inner bark which can be attractive in winter. Elliptic-oblong, glossy, dark green leaves (to 3" long) turn yellow to red in fall. In the same family as and closely related to Halesia (silverbell). 'Carillon' is generally considered to be synonymous with S. j. 'Pendula'.

Problems:

No serious insect or disease pests.

Uses:

Shrub borders. Open woodland gardens. Lawn specimen.

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