Pterostyrax hispida
(Epaulette Tree)

Family - Styracaceae
Category - Large shrub, small tree
Origin - China, Japan
Year of Introduction - 1875
Season of Interest - Summer
Hardiness - H5
Height - 10m, possibly more
Width - 6m, possibly more
Location - The Pond Garden

Description: A small-sized Deciduous tree with a rounded outline and peeling, aromatic bark. Pterostyrax hispida can also be grown as a multi-stemmed Shrub. Mid-green leaves are oval to obovate in shape and can reach 20cm in length. Pendent panicles of fragrant, white, bell-shaped flowers are produced from early to midsummer. The flowers are followed by small, beige fruit covered in soft brown hair.

Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Synonym - Halesia hispida

Flower:

Fragrant, white, bell-shaped flowers are held in pendent panicles in June and July. The flowers are followed by downy, beige fruit.

Flower colour: White

Flower shape: Bell-shaped flowers in panicles

Flowering time: June, July

Foliage:

Mid-green leaves are oval to obovate in shape and each leaf can reach to 20cm in length. The leaves are Alternately arranged on the branches.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Oval to obovate

Autumn Colour: Yellow

Propagation:

Cuttings, seed.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained.