Description
green and deep burgundy-purple flowers followed by pairs of long narrow seedpods
it doesn't mind full sun
rich soil will remind it of home
The leaves
Owing its burgundy new growth to its Chinese parentage
Stewartia x 'Scarlet Sentinel' sun or shade green and deep burgundy-purple flowersSelected as a chance seedling in 1982, by then curator Peter Del Tredici, of the Arnold Arboretum in Massachusetts. A spontaneous cross between Stewartia pseudocamellia and S. ovata var. grandiflora with a scarlet boss of stamens in pure white summer flowers. Beautiful bark exfoliates in thin strips. Mature height: 30 ft tall x 15 ft wide Minimum temperature: 20 F