Stewartia monadelpha, Orangebark Stewartia or Tall Stewartia well-draining soil Deep red in fall

Deep red in fall

An extravagant plant

Carmine-red 6 – 10-inch(

Its namesake is Abbe Armand David

who discovered the special seedling growing in the Willamette National Forest

Stewartia monadelpha, Orangebark Stewartia or Tall Stewartia well-draining soil Deep red in fallA 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,