Stewartia 'Purple Lance'

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Credits

John Grimshaw (2016)

Recommended citation
Grimshaw, J. (2016), 'Stewartia 'Purple Lance'' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/stewartia/stewartia-purple-lance/). Accessed 2024-10-04.

Genus

Stewartia

Other taxa in genus

Glossary

hybrid: Plant originating from the cross-fertilisation of genetically distinct individuals (e.g. two species or two subspecies).

References

Hsu, E., Boland, T. & Camelbeke, K. (2008). Stewartia in Cultivation

Credits

John Grimshaw (2016)

Recommended citation
Grimshaw, J. (2016), 'Stewartia 'Purple Lance'' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/stewartia/stewartia-purple-lance/). Accessed 2024-10-04.

Stewartia 'Purple Lance' in autumn colour, Herkenrode (Acc. ID 95114), Belgium, 1 November 2010. Image Philippe de Spoelberch.

A putative hybrid between S. monadelpha and S. rostrata that arose in the garden of Karl E. Flink, Bjuv, Sweden. The foliage emerges dark purple but fades to glossy dark green, and the tree forms a dark column. The smallish flowers are somewhat obscured among the foliage (Hsu, Boland & Camelbeke 2008). It is not widely cultivated, but is grown at Arboretum Wespelaar.

Foliage of Stewartia 'Purple Lance' emerges dark purple but fades to glossy dark green, Herkenrode (Acc. ID 89177), 26 June 1996. Image Philippe de Spoelberch.

Single capsule on a vigourous shoot, Stewartia 'Purple Lance', Arboretum Wespelaar (Acc. ID 98054), 21 September 2003 Image Philippe de Spoelberch.

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