My Pterostyrax hispidus is in part shade, but that has not stopped it. It took a couple of years to settle in. The leaves are huge and pa...Read Morele green and the white blossoms don;t really stand out from the leaves from a distance. Last year it really put on some height and this years it was loaded with blossoms. It's a winner!
This tree was planted in 2002. The deer rubbed on it & broke it off. When it started to re-grow, it came back shrubby. I tried for a c...Read Moreouple of years to establish one leader but lost the battle. It is blooming for the first time. It has a quite nice smell to it. I'm excited to see it bloom but wish my Epaulette shrub could have been a tree.
I think its a relatively fast-growing -- a 3-foot seedling planted in 1997 is at least 15 feet by spring 2002. It startred flowering in ...Read More2000. It is covered with blooms in 2002. Very nice foliage and nice light brown bark.
Chatham-Kent, ON (Zone 6a) | November 2000 | neutral
Rarely grown flowering ornamental trees. It flowers in the late spring ; white flowers are 2 to 3 inch wide pendulous panicles about 5...Read More to 10 inches in length.
A moderate grower (2 feet per year) and begins flowering at about 8 to 10 feet in height.
The plant has minimal insect or disease problems.
There is no real fall color (yellow-green) but the summer foliage is bright green above and silvery below.
USDA Z 4-8 but does best in zone 5 / 6
My Pterostyrax hispidus is in part shade, but that has not stopped it. It took a couple of years to settle in. The leaves are huge and pa...Read More
This tree was planted in 2002. The deer rubbed on it & broke it off. When it started to re-grow, it came back shrubby. I tried for a c...Read More
I think its a relatively fast-growing -- a 3-foot seedling planted in 1997 is at least 15 feet by spring 2002. It startred flowering in ...Read More
Rarely grown flowering ornamental trees. It flowers in the late spring ; white flowers are 2 to 3 inch wide pendulous panicles about 5...Read More