| Scientific Name: | Stewartia pseudocamellia |
| Common Name: | Japanese stewartia |
| Family Name: | Theaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 10 - 15m x 5 - 7m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical, Pyramidal - widely |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Fall interest, Shade tree, Small garden/space, Street (boulevard tree), Summer interest, Winter interest, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Pubescent, Elliptic, Obovate, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, Yellow, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves elliptic to obovate, 6-11cm long, margins serrulate, petioles about 5mm long; flowers cup-shaped, most 5-6cm wide, 5 large white overlapping petals with jagged margins, many orange-yellow stamens; fruit capsule with 5 sections. Winter ID: ornamental bark; buds long, slender, 45 degrees angle. | |