This is a large, sprawling shrub rather than a tree. Unlike some of its relations, the ...Read Morebark does not exfoliate and fall color is undistinguished. But the summer flowers are the largest in the genus, to 4" across, and with showy purple filaments in the center.
This is the earliest of the Stewartias to come into bloom, beginning about June 1 in Boston and continuing for a couple of weeks.
A good plant for the shrub border.
This is a large, sprawling shrub rather than a tree. Unlike some of its relations, the ...Read More