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Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Stewartia sinensis


 STEWARTIA SINENSIS

The Stewartias at High Beeches are in flower.

A small genus of ornamental trees and shrubs related to the camellia.
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Stewartia sinensis has attractive peeling bark and good autumn colour.  A native of central China and introduced to the UK by Ernest Wilson in1901.  A highly desirable ornamental tree but rare in cultivation.




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