Purple Dress Japanese snowbell
Styrax japonicus 'Purple Dress'
RHS AGM 2012
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Broad
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Purple Dress' Japanese snowbell (Styrax japonicus 'Purple Dress') is a tree for borders, cottage gardens, specimen planting, and accents. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It blooms in early to late spring with fragrant flowers that draw hummingbirds, bees, and birds. Once settled in, it tolerates drought and salt.
Pairs well with Katsura tree, Autumn fern, Foam flower, and Liberty hosta.