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  • Stewartia pseudocamellia (Japanese stewartia) flowers and buds
  • Stewartia pseudocamellia (Japanese stewartia) red fall foliage
  • Stewartia pseudocamellia (Japanese stewartia) buds
  • Stewartia pseudocamellia (Japanese stewartia) bark
  • Stewartia pseudocamellia (Japanese stewartia) in woodland
  • Stewartia pseudocamellia (Japanese stewartia) blooms and bark
  • Stewartia pseudocamellia (Japanese stewartia) blooms on shrubby tree
  • Stewartia pseudocamellia (Japanese stewartia) in landscape
  • Stewartia pseudocamellia (Japanese stewartia) sale size at The Old Dairy Nursery
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Japanese stewartia

Stewartia pseudocamellia

Stewartia pseudocamellia

Here is one of the best landscape trees on the market. It is easy to grow in most conditions and beautiful through all four seasons. Light green foliage emerges in spring and is followed by large, white camelia-like flowers in summer. Fall brings bold red and orange foliage. Finally, the leaves drop and expose the exfoliating bark on mature growth; new growth shines a beautiful deep red all winter long.

Distinctions: Winner of an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticulture Society

Zones: 5 to 8
Family: Theaceae
Type: Deciduous Tree
Height: 20 to 40 feet
Spread: 15 to 30 feet
Exposure: Full sun to part shade
Soil Conditions: evenly moist, organically rich, moderately acidic, well-drained sandy
loams
Bloom Time: June to July
Bloom Description: White
Native Range: Japan and Korea

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  • Stewartia pseudocamellia (Japanese stewartia) flowers and buds
  • Stewartia pseudocamellia (Japanese stewartia) red fall foliage
  • Stewartia pseudocamellia (Japanese stewartia) buds
  • Stewartia pseudocamellia (Japanese stewartia) bark
  • Stewartia pseudocamellia (Japanese stewartia) in woodland
  • Stewartia pseudocamellia (Japanese stewartia) blooms and bark
  • Stewartia pseudocamellia (Japanese stewartia) blooms on shrubby tree
  • Stewartia pseudocamellia (Japanese stewartia) in landscape
  • Stewartia pseudocamellia (Japanese stewartia) sale size at The Old Dairy Nursery

  • Special Characteristics:

    • Winter interest
    • Outstanding fall color

  • Image Credits:

    Image 1 (blooms) Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Image 2 (trunk) Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Image 3 (buds) Plant Image Library from Boston, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Image 4 (fall foliage) peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Image 5-8 by Ali McEnhill at Stonecrop Garden, Cold Spring, NY

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