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Michael Dirr
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| Styrax americanus |
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Origin:
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Virginia to Florida, west to Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana
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Partial/Full sun.
Moderate climate.
Dirr says: "It is found in the wild, natively in lowlands bordering streams. In the wild it can look rather forlorn, but when freed from competition it makes a fine garden shrub."
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Climate / Hardiness Zones:
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Zone 5 to Zone 9
Dirr says: "some dieback may occur in severe winters."
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Growth:
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Range: Grows from 5' to 10'.
Dirr says: "small, slender-stemmed, rather wispy 6 to 8 or 10' high rounded shrub."
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Flowers:
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Color(s): White
Season(s):
Late Spring, Early Summer
Dirr says: "the beautiful, bell-shaped flowers with high reflexed lobes hang from the leaf axils in May or June. Flowered late April - early May in Athens, GA; May 30, 1991 in full flower at the Arnold Arboretum (Boston). Each 5-petaled flower is 1/2 to 3/4" long, 3/4 to 1 1/4" wide, produced 1 to 4 at the ends of short branches on 1/4 to 1/2" long pedicels (stalks). The petals are quite narrow, usually about 1/4" wide."
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Foliage:
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Deciduous
Color:
Leaves are green in the summer and yellow in the fall.
Dirr says: "leaves do no develop any significant fall color."
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Fruit:
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Color:
Brown
Season(s):
Late Summer, Early Fall
Dirr says: "the 1/3" long gray drupe develops in August - September."
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Landscape Value:
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Can be used as a grouping plant.
Dirr says: "I consider this a beautiful shrub and if given a cool, moist, acid root run will reward the gardener many-fold."
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Styrax americanus is hardy in these areas:| Alameda, CA | Alamo, CA | Alsip, IL | | American Canyon, CA | Angwin, CA | Antioch, CA | | Baltimore, MD | Bayside, NY | Bronx, NY | | Brooklyn, NY | Brownsville, TX | Canton, MI | | Chicago, IL | Cicero, IL | College Point, NY | | Conneaut, OH | Corona, NY | Danville, CA | | Detroit, MI | Dorset, OH | East Claridon, OH | | East Elmhurst, NY | Ecorse, MI | Elmhurst, NY | | Elmwood Park, IL | Elyria, OH | Essex, CA | | Evergreen Park, IL | Fawnskin, CA | Ferndale, MI | | Florence, SC | Flushing, NY | Fontana, CA | | Forest Falls, CA | Forest Hills, NY | Fort Eustis, VA | | Fresh Meadows, NY | Glen Burnie, MD | Gwynn Oak, MD | | Harper Woods, MI | Harrison Township, MI | Hunt Valley, MD | | Jackson Heights, NY | Leasburg, NC | Lexington, NC | | Liberty, NC | Linwood, NC | Little Neck, NY | | Ludlow, CA | Macomb, MI | Marysville, MI | | Maspeth, NY | Memphis, MI | Mercedes, TX | | Middle Village, NY | Mission, TX | Modesto, CA | | Moreno Valley, CA | Morgantown, WV | Mount Clemens, MI | | New Baltimore, MI | New Haven, MI | New York, NY | | Newport News, VA | North Ridgeville, OH | North Street, MI | | Oakland Gardens, NY | Olmito, TX | Penitas, TX | | Pharr, TX | Phelan, CA | Philadelphia, PA | | Pikesville, MD | Pinon Hills, CA | Port Isabel, TX | | Progreso, TX | Redlands, CA | Rego Park, NY | | Rialto, CA | Ridgewood, NY | Rimforest, CA | | Riverdale, IL | Saratoga, CA | Soquel, CA | | Sparrows Point, MD | Staten Island, NY | Taylor, MI | | Temperance, MI | Temple City, CA | Towson, MD | | Trenton, MI | Tres Pinos, CA | Upland, CA | | Virginia Beach, VA | Walnut, CA | Watsonville, CA | | Wayne, MI | Westland, MI | Whitestone, NY | | Whitmore Lake, MI |
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