General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 12-40 feet, or more
Plant Spread: 8-25 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Other: In spring, leaves emerge bronze and purplish shades, mature to dark green in summer and turn shades of red and orange in the fall.
Fruit: Other: Triangle shaped brown capsule
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Other: With bright yellow-orange anthers
Bloom Size: 3"-4"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Japanese Stewartia
  • Korean Stewartia
  • Deciduous Camellia
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Stewartia pseudocamellia
  • Synonym: Stewartia koreana
  • Synonym: Stewartia pseudocamellia var. koreana

Photo Gallery
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2021-07-11
Japanese Stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia) flower.
Location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Pinehurst, NC (Japanese garden)
Date: May 18, 2023
Japanese Stewartia #228 nn; LHB p. 674, 127-5-4, "After John Stua
Location: Frelinghuysen Arboretum
Date: 2018-01-14
Location: Stillingfleet Lodge garden, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2018-06-13
Location: Seattle WA
Date: 2020-10-21
Fall foliage of Japanese Stewartia
Location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Pinehurst, NC (Japanese garden)
Date: May 18, 2023
Japanese Stewartia #228 nn; LHB p. 674, 127-5-4, "After John Stua
Location: St Louis
Date: 2019-06-08
Location: Hidden Lake Gardens, Michigan
Date: 2012-10-24
A shot that shows off fall color, but also illustrates leaf shape
Location: Seattle WA
Date: 2020-10-21
Bark of Japanese Stewart
Location: Elizabeth Lawrence Garden at Wing Haven, Charlotte, NC
Date: 2022-06-23
Location: Stillingfleet Lodge garden, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2018-06-13
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2023-09-19
Japanese Stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia) seed pod and seeds.
Location: Fairfax, VA | June, 2022
Date: 2022-06-03
Location: Hampton, GA USA
Date: 2023-05-24
Field grown specimen, Hull's Treeland
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2021-06-30
Japanese Stewartia, first blooms of the season
Location: Hidden Lake Gardens, Michigan
Date: 2012-10-24
A relative young specimen, compared with others nearby.  The olde
Location: Hidden Lake Gardens, Michigan
Date: 2012-10-24
An opened out seed husk, along with several buds for next year's
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-07-15
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2018-06-07
Stewartia pseudocamellia - Japanese Stewartia 001
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2008-07-04
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2021-10-05
Japanese Stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia) seeds from a seed p

Date: 2015-01-07
Photo courtesy of: Clivid

Photo courtesy of: Clivid
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2016-06-18
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2018-06-07
Stewartia pseudocamellia - Japanese Stewartia 002
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-04-10
Location: English Gardens, Royal Oak, MI
Date: 2014-10-06
Early Fall Leaf Colors
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2014-10-15
Fall foliage up close.
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-07-15

Courtesy Avant Gardens
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Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2012-09-11
Late Summer Leaf Colors
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2012-09-11
Late Summer Leaf Colors
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2012-09-11
Late Summer Leaf Colors
Location: English Gardens, Royal Oak, MI
Date: 2014-10-06
Early Fall Leaf Colors
Location: English Gardens, Royal Oak, MI
Date: 2014-10-06
Early Fall Leaf Colors
Location: English Gardens, Royal Oak, MI
Date: 2014-10-06
Early Fall Leaf Colors
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2014-10-15
Fall color.

Date: 2015-01-07
Photo courtesy of: Clivid

Date: 2015-11-02

Date: 2015-11-02

Date: 2015-11-02

Date: 2015-11-02
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