Styrax japonicus Size:1 Quart For gardeners who have long

For gardeners who have long admired the lilac's perfume but found themselves too far south to grow one with confidence

They have found the American South agreeable enough to slip out of a few gardens and naturalize along the Gulf

a northern one that blooms early and a southern one that blooms later

Native to the moist woods and pond margins of the eastern United States

which tells you most of what you need to know about how people have felt about them

Styrax japonicus Size:1 Quart For gardeners who have longTo see Styrax japonicus properly you have to look up. The leaves ride along the tops of the branches, all turned to the sky, while underneath, in late spring, hang rows of small white bells on slender stalks, so the whole horizontal tier of the tree seems lit from below. Stand beneath one in bloom and the common name explains itself. They came west in 1862, gathered in Japan and Korea by the collector Richard Oldham and sent home to Kew, and they have