Description
New spring growth is a glowing orange-pink to orange-red and light
a focal point
The leaves
Owing its burgundy new growth to its Chinese parentage
one-inch pendent flowers with reflexed petals bloom from midsummer to fall
Stewartia x 'Scarlet Sentinel' sun or shade New spring growth is aSelected 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