Home > Plants > Upright Stewartia

Upright Stewartia   /   Stewartia rostrata

Back   Return to the list   Next

Buy: Upright Stewartia

Ref Description € Inc Tax Buy Availability
7687M Upright Stewartia - Stewartia rostrata
Young plug plant – Height of plant: 30/40 cm.
11.95 Available
7687N Upright Stewartia - Stewartia rostrata
Young plug plant – Height of plant: 30/40 cm.
Unit price available starting from 3 units purchased.
11.45 Available
7687O Upright Stewartia - Stewartia rostrata
Young plug plant – Height of plant: 30/40 cm.
Unit price available starting from 10 units purchased.
10.95 Available
7687P Upright Stewartia - Stewartia rostrata
Young plug plant – Height of plant: 30/40 cm.
Unit price available starting from 25 units purchased.
10.45 Available
7687Q Upright Stewartia - Stewartia rostrata
Young plug plant – Height of plant: 30/40 cm.
Unit price available starting from 50 units purchased.
9.95 Available
7687A FERTILISER – Fertiliser tablet to place at the bottom of the hole before planting. Slow release over 7 to 8 months. Only 1 tablet in each hole. 0.40 Available

 

Pictures of:  Upright Stewartia

 

Everything about: Upright Stewartia

Upright Stewartia - Stewartia rostrata (latin)

Geographical Origin: China
Adult sizes: 4 to 6m
Foliage: Deciduous
Type of soil: Light, acid and well-drained
Climate: Hardy to -20°C
Site: Light shade to full sun. (A sunny site gives more colours to the leaves in the autumn but you must maintain a moist soil in summer)


Properties and uses:
The Upright Stewartia has a rather slow growth so is ideal for the smallest gardens. It belongs to the Tea family (Theaceae), heath peat loving plants. The foliage of the Upright Stewartia is green in the spring, becoming dark red-purple in the autumn. Blossom takes place in June and last throughout the summer. It bears slightly fragrant, small pinkish-white flowers. They have numerous bright yellow stamens. The remarkable seed pods, red at first then turning marron appear at the end of summer and last throughout the entire autumn.
The Upright Stewartia is a simple but refined shrub shown at its best grown as a specimen or planted with other acid’ soil-loving plants in a flowering hedge.

Back   Return to the list   Next

 

Your reviews about: Upright Stewartia

             >> Write your own review

Pépinières PLANFOR
1950 Route de Cère
40090 UCHACQ - FRANCE
Tel : (020).7660.0178