Styrax, Japanese Snowbell 'Pink Chimes'

AT first, I planted my 16 foot tree on a well drained, but irrigated hillside, that got mixed sun in the afternoon, and watched it die ba...Read Moreck to a single sickly twig. I dig it up and planted it on a lake edge, about 8 inches above the high water line in a most sun area. I tripled in size! It has been there for three years, and is now 18 feet tall, with many beautiful cascading branches and loaded with pink bloom. I am in love!

I planted this tree is a city garden with only a few hours of sun per day. It is growing slowly but is beautiful. The flowers this year...Read More were very heavy. Highly recommended.

We first saw a magnificent specimen of this tree in the gardens of Green Spring in Alexandria, VA. We were so impressed with the tree th...Read Moreat we planted one close to our front entry several years ago. Although we have ours planted in a full sun situation in Zone 6a, Dirr suggests "probably best in partial shade in Zone 7 and 8".

From Michael Dirr's Manual of Woody Landscape Plants:
"A lovely, small, low-branched tree which develops a rounded to broad-rounded crown and a distinct horizontal appearance because of the wide-spreading branches; a very dainty tree which will grace any landscape".

Lovely, graceful small tree. Grows slowly in average soil.