Chinese stewartia

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S. sinensis is a small, spreading deciduous tree with peeling papery brown and purple bark, and ovate leaves 5-10cm long turning bright crimson in autumn. Slightly fragrant white flowers 4-5cm across, open in mid summer

Scientific classification

Species: Chinese stewartia (Stewartia sinensis)
Genus: Stewartia
Family: Theaceae

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Toxicity: Trees
Plant type: Higher than 12 metres
Height: 4-8 metres
Spread: Deciduous
Foliage: Bushy
Habit: Autumn · Spring · Summer
Season of interest: Full sun · Partial shade
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Distribution of Chinese stewartia

Distribution map

Central China

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Culture

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Toxicity

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Quick identification of Chinese stewartia

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Chinese stewartia care guide

Moderate regular watering, allowing brief slight drying between soakings
Watering: Full sun · Partial shade
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Watering

Moderate regular watering, allowing brief slight drying between soakings

Fertilizing

Balanced perennial feed every four weeks from spring through summer

Pruning

Little pruning is needed. Remove diseased, damaged, crowded or crossing shoots and unwanted growth. Timing depends on the plant: generally late winter or early spring; plants prone to bleeding and deciduous magnolias need different timing, and deciduous azaleas and lilacs are pruned after flowering.

Propagation

Propagate by seed, sow ripe seeds in containers in cold frame in the autumn. Take softwood cuttings in early summer, semi-ripe cuttings in mid- to late summer or try layering in autumn

Growing

Grow in moist but well drained, moderately fertile, humus rich, neutral to acid soil in full sun or dappled shade sheltered from strong winds. Resents transplanting

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