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Plant: Marley's Pink Parasol - Styrax
Styrax · Styrax japonicus 'JLWeeping'
Was $130.00
Size: 15 gal
Light
Bloom
Mature size
More about this plant
A small weeping snowbell tree about 8 to 10 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide, hung in late spring with pink bell shaped flowers. Glossy dark green leaves turn yellow to red in fall and the gray brown bark flakes for winter interest. It wants consistent moisture and full sun to part shade, and suits a specimen spot, patio or small garden.
- Part Shade
- Grows to 30 ft tall and 25 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-8
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
A small weeping snowbell tree about 8 to 10 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide, hung in late spring with pink bell shaped flowers. Glossy dark green leaves turn yellow to red in fall and the gray brown bark flakes for winter interest. It wants consistent moisture and full sun to part shade, and suits a specimen spot, patio or small garden.
- Flowers
- Delicate pink bell shaped flowers hang from the branches in late spring, a rosy change from the white of the species.
- Foliage
- Simple, alternate, glossy dark green leaves 1 to 3 inches long, turning yellow to red in fall.
- Fruit
- Small ovoid dry drupes ripening in late summer.
- Bark & stems
- Gray brown bark with orange brown interlacing fissures that adds winter interest.
- Pruning
- Winter pruning can control shape.
- Native range
- China to Japan and northern Philippines
