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.
Contributed by @olivers
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Free draining and fertile
Common name
Snowdrop Bush
Latin name
Styrax Officinalis
type
Trees or Shrubs
family
Styracaceae
ph
5.5 - 7.3 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Soil
Free draining and fertile
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
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)
olivers