Basisdaten
description:
The American snowbell is a small tree, which comes from the southeastern United States. A beautiful garden tree with abundant blooms which exude a pleasant fragrance.
Tree profile
name botanical:
Styrax americanus
other name:
American Silverbells
other name:
Big-Leaf Snowbel
family:
Storax family (Styracaceae)
species:
deciduous tree
height:
small tree up to 10 m (33 ft)
leaf:
The leaves of American snowbell are deciduous, oval to obovate, 3 – 6 cm (1.2 – 2.4 in) long, the leaf veins are protruding. The leaf margin is serrated.
leaf shape:
ovoid
leaf margin:
serrated
leaf position:
alternate
fall foliage:
pale yellow
flowering:
March - April
blossom color:
white
blossom description:
The flowers are white and hang in bunches (1-4 flowers per inflorescence). The stems of the bunches are 2.5 to 10 cm (1.0 – 3.9 in) long.
gender distribution:
monoecious / hermaphrodite
fruit:
Die Steinfrüchte sind etwa 6 mm im Durchmesser und kugelförmig. Die Frucht ist reif im September / Oktober.
branches:
The branches are gray-brown and slightly zigzag. The buds are very small and brown.
bark:
The bark is gray-brown and slightly furrowed
root:
Shallow-rooting, no root runners
location:
Sun to half-shade
soil:
permeable soils, garden soils
ph value:
slightly acidic bis leicht alkalisch
usage:
single tree, planting in groups