Thanks for the video on this excellent specimen of a Japanese snowbell. It is just the kind of ornamental tree I've been looking for to grace my back yard.
I was hoping to plant one on either side of our walkway up to our front door. Can we limb them up for the lowest branches to miss people's heads as they walk by?
Hi Ford Good question... and my vague answer is that it depends... The tree in this video was planted as a young, narrow 6' nursery tree about 10 years before the video was shot. This particular tree actually has grown in a very tall narrow shape for a Styrax. I've seen others grow into a much wider, spreading tree that doesn't grow quite as tall. When you get a Styrax japonicus species, there can be a lot of genetic diversity in ultimate size and shape of the tree. If you get a cultivar of the species like 'Emerald Pagoda' or 'Carillon' you'll have a better sense of it's ultimate shape.
I have two Styrax Japonicus and both have slightly different shape and growth rate even so both are the same tree and ca e from the same nursery . You can start pruning it early to achieve desired canopy shape .
Thanks for the video on this excellent specimen of a Japanese snowbell. It is just the kind of ornamental tree I've been looking for to grace my back yard.
I'm so glad it helped. Hope you enjoy it!
What a magnificent tree! Thanks for your video series.
Gorgeous.
Thanks!
I was hoping to plant one on either side of our walkway up to our front door. Can we limb them up for the lowest branches to miss people's heads as they walk by?
Are this ( benzoin risen ) tree ?
How many years does it take to develop that lovely umbrella canopy? As you mentioned the ones in the garden centers are very dense and upright.
Hi Ford
Good question... and my vague answer is that it depends...
The tree in this video was planted as a young, narrow 6' nursery tree about 10 years before the video was shot. This particular tree actually has grown in a very tall narrow shape for a Styrax. I've seen others grow into a much wider, spreading tree that doesn't grow quite as tall. When you get a Styrax japonicus species, there can be a lot of genetic diversity in ultimate size and shape of the tree. If you get a cultivar of the species like 'Emerald Pagoda' or 'Carillon' you'll have a better sense of it's ultimate shape.
I have two Styrax Japonicus and both have slightly different shape and growth rate even so both are the same tree and ca e from the same nursery . You can start pruning it early to achieve desired canopy shape .