Styrax obassia Medicinal feeding the hive and setting

feeding the hive and setting the stage for the female shrubs to fruit

The plants Woodlanders offers are progeny of those few remaining trees

The plant takes happily to rain gardens

bound for the gardens of the European elite

Styrax obassia Medicinal feeding the hive and settingStyrax obassia, the fragrant snowbell, is the bold leaved cousin of the more familiar Japanese snowbell, a small deciduous tree from the mountain woodlands of Japan, Korea, and China. Where Styrax japonicus hides small bells beneath fine, layered branches, the fragrant snowbell wears large, rounded, almost tropical leaves up to eight inches across, and hangs long, drooping chains of white, bell shaped flowers that carry a sweet perfume through the