Why Plant Fragrant Snowbell?
A multi-season stunner, you will fall in love with how Fragrant Snowbell dresses up your landscape season after season. Bell-shaped white flowers dress up the spanning branches in an abundance of sweet-smelling bliss. You'll enjoy how this large shrub, small tree will liven up a patio or landscape with the crisp flowers and sweet fragrance. Fragrant Snowbell is also known for it's wonderful fall color when the green leaves turn striking shades of yellow to compliment the landscape.
Native to Japan, Styrax obassia is seen as a small rounded tree in the wild. These trees are known best for their bell-shaped flowers and sweet fragrance that wafts throughout the air, drawing attention, and the gray exfoliating bark that provides four season interest.
How to use Fragrant Snowbell in the landscape?
Fragrant Snowbell can be grown as a small tree or large shrub with a rounded habit. The spring brings with it the signature bell-shaped sweetly scented flowers that are nestled within the green foliage. In the fall, the leaves turn a striking shade of yellow that can make any landscape pop with color. The gray exfoliating bark is attractive year-round and provides ample winter interest.
Planting Zones
Hardiness Zone: 5-8
How To Plant Fragrant Snowbell
This snowbell will thrive best in a location full of moist, fertile, and humus-rich soil. You will want to ensure that the soil is well-draining as Fragrant Snowbell will not do well with wet feet. Be sure to locate in an area sees full sun or part shade. This location should also provide protection from cold, dry winds. Once established, water only as needed such as during dry spells.
How To Water
Water deeply, and regularly during first few years in the ground to encourage a deep, extensive root system. Fragrant Snowbell will appreciate having the surface soil moist, but they don't like wet feet. Irrigate weekly, especially during prolonged dry spells or extreme heat after it’s established.
How To Fertilize
Incorporate Elements Starter Plant food granular form into the soil when planting. If planting in spring or summer, start fertilizing late fall using Elements Starter Plant food granular form on an annual basis each late fall. Continue this for the first three years to get your plant well established.
How Does Shipping Work?
Bower & Branch Trees, the real BIG trees, don’t fit in a box! Our big trees, sizes XL and bigger, require expert delivery and care, that means our extra-large trees are shipped on Bower & Branch trucks. We are the only ones who know how to ship our big and bigger trees and plants with tender loving care. We deliver your trees and plants directly to you. Ask Bower & Branch about planting services – we'd be happy to assist in installation.
*For Big trees and Shrubs, Size XL and bigger: Review our Seasonal Shipping Timelines and Policy here.
Your trees and plants are grown across the United States at various Bower & Branch Growers. Depending on your location, your plant orders may be shipped from various locations. Please expect orders with multiple items to be delivered over a number of days as a result. Orders made up of numerous items or selections will not arrive at your home on the same day.
Shipping Delays:
From time to time, Bower & Branch Growers may determine to delay order shipment based on various factors for plant health. Weather in your region, as well as, where your plants are grown, is always considered when shipping. Extreme weather conditions may delay some or all of your order. Bower & Branch allows our Growers to make final shipping decisions based solely to benefit your trees and plants’ health and success.
How Does Sizing Work?
The size of our trees have nothing to do with the container size like you may find elsewhere–big doesn't mean just height - it’s also vigor, age, and overall health. Other online retailers are going to tell you that a plant is a seven gallon, that means nothing to your tree or plant (or you.)
Our trees for sale online are graded on large, x-large, and even bigger sizes. This is because our trees are sized by their age—the higher the letter, the more mature the tree. The age determines the trees’ overall height, size of the trunk and the overall branch density.
All of these characteristics are what you should be looking for when choosing a tree for immediate impact and instant curb appeal. Our extra-large tree and plant sizes are sure to wow you and your neighbors!
See the size guides below.
