Silky Camellia
Stewartia malacodendron
A rare understory beauty with camellia-like white flowers centered by a boss of purple stamens. Demands rich, moist, acidic woodland shade and rewards patience.
- Family
- Theaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 10–18 ft
- Spacing
- 15–25 ft apart
- Light
- shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA