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Snowdrop Bush in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Styrax Officinalis

 

Snowdrop Bush

Styrax can be deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs. They have simple, alternate leaves, and in Spring or Summer bear fragrant white bell-shaped flowers that are attractive to bees. Styrax officinalis - or Mediterranean storax - is a deciduous small tree or shrub, hardy to -10 deg.C and bearing clusters of 1" pendent bell-shaped flowers on the tips of the previous year's wood.

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plant Features
  • Snowdrop Bush likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Snowdrop Bush likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Snowdrop Bush is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Snowdrop Bush likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

 
plant information

Common name

Snowdrop Bush

Latin name

Styrax Officinalis

type

Trees or Shrubs

family

Styracaceae

ph

5.5 - 7.3 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Snowdrop Bush likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Snowdrop Bush is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Snowdrop Bush likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

  • Water

    Snowdrop Bush likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
  •  
    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Snowdrop Bush is 5.00meters x 6.00meters 5.00 M 6.00 M

Styrax Officinalis

Styrax can be deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs. They have simple, alternate leaves, and in Spring or Summer bear fragrant white bell-shaped flowers that are attractive to bees. Styrax officinalis - or Mediterranean storax - is a deciduous small tree or shrub, hardy to -10 deg.C and bearing clusters of 1" pendent bell-shaped flowers on the tips of the previous year's wood.


Flowering

From Mid Spring TO Early Summer

The pendent fragrant flowers appear from mid Spring to early Summer

 

Planting

From Early Spring TO Late Spring

Styrax need to be planted in a sheltered site to protect them from cold and drying wind. Plant in moist but free-draining humus-rich soil in a sunny, or partially sunny site. Water well after planting, and keep well-watered until established

 

Propagating by cuttings

From Early Spring TO Early Summer

Take softwood cuttings from new growth early in the day in Spring or early Summer. Cut, neatly, a 4" approx. piece of a non-flowering shoot, pinch out the tip, and cut off the bottom leaves. Dip the bottom of the cutting in hormone rooting powder, and carefully place in a pot of cutting compost with the leaves just above the level of the compost. Water, label, cover with a polythene bag, and place in a warm, bright place, out of direct sunlight. Take the polythene bag off periodically for a while for ventilation (at least twice a week)

 
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