Stewartia serrata |
Native Region: Eastern Asia, Japan
Zone Range: 05-09
Preferred Climate: temperate
Harvest Date: Sunday 23 November, 2025
Seed count: 15-20
Description:
This lovely deciduous tree has dark green, serrated leaves and bears creamy-white, camellia-like flowers with yellow stamens in summer. The tree has attractive, cinnamon-brown exfoliating bark and purple-red fall foliage colour. Height and spread to 25 feet.
Notes:
Stewartia serrata is one of the earliest Stewartias to bloom.
Cultivation:
For maximum freshness, please keep seed refrigerated in its original packaging until it is time to plant. Scarification may improve germination. Never allow seed to dry out. Warm stratify for 4 months; follow with period of 3 months of cold stratification. Then plant in containers at 20 degrees Celsius for germination. Grow on in moist but well-drained, acidic humusy soil in full sun or light shade.
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