Stewartia monadelpha, Orangebark Stewartia or Tall Stewartia Size:3 qt; at nursery only Performs beautifully as a backdrop

Performs beautifully as a backdrop for goldenrods (Solidago)

and pink - veritable platters of color

rock gardens

clear yellow

Bloom time is late summer to fall

Stewartia monadelpha, Orangebark Stewartia or Tall Stewartia Size:3 qt; at nursery only Performs beautifully as a backdropA four season performer, monodelpha has 2 inch white cup flowers in early summer, a brilliant orange red fall leaf color, and orange cinnamon bark. I have heard several serious and normally sober plant people go into an ecstatic rapture about this tree. Though its mature size is large, it's a very slow grower so it can be considered an excellent bonsai candidate. Among the Stewartias it is perhaps most sun tolerant; drought tolerant once established,