Scientific Name:	Styrax japonicus
Pronunciation:	STYE-racks juh-PON-ih-kus
Common Name:	Japanese snowbell, Japanese snowcone
Family Name:	Styracaceae
Plant Type:	Tree - deciduous
Key ID Features:	Leaves dark green, shiny; flowers pale pink, pendulous with pink pedicel; fruit like hanging balls to 1 cm wide. Winter ID: fruit may persist as shrivelled white shell with light brown centre or on ground; buds appressed and superposed, tan (4mm).
Course(s):	HORT 1155, Level 3 Apprenticeship

Habit: Open, Upright Form: Oval - horizontal Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 5 - 7m Spread: 5 - 7m Growth Rate: Moderate Origin: Hardiness Rating: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 C) Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Acidic, Well-drained Water Use: Moderate Landscape Uses: Fragrance, Specimen plant Additional Info: Cultivars shown or on campus may include S. ‘Pink Chimes’ and S. 'Snowcone'.

Leaf Morphology: Form: Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Leathery Surfaces: Glabrous Colour in Fall: Yellow Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Oblong Apices: Acute Bases: Obtuse Margins: Dentate

Inflorescence Type: Floriferous, Raceme Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 5 Corolla Shape: Campanulate Colour (petals): Showy, White, Pink, (Only Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’ has pink flowers.) Flower Scent: Fragrant Flower Time at Peak: May, Jun

Fruit Type: Drupe Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Aug, Sep Additional Info: Showy, Edible

Bark Morphology: Smooth Bark or Stem Colour: Brown     Leaf Bud Type: Oblong Leaf Scar Shape: Round

Propagation:	Seed, Greenwood cuttings
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Low
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant

Location(s): (HPZ) Horticulture PlaZa : cv. Pink Chimes (TFL) Turf Field Lab : cv. Snowcone (WDH) Wark-Dumais House : cv. Snowcone Location Map

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