Stewartia monadelpha, Orangebark Stewartia or Tall Stewartia well-draining soil Mature size: 8-12 ft tall

Mature size: 8-12 ft tall by only 2-4 ft wide initially

Deep red in fall

ultimately perhaps 12' tall

Available only at the nursery

arching 5 ft tall stems

Stewartia monadelpha, Orangebark Stewartia or Tall Stewartia well-draining soil Mature size: 8-12 ft tallA 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,