{"id":15246,"date":"2025-06-10T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=15246"},"modified":"2025-06-10T19:07:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T23:07:20","slug":"tall-stewartia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2025\/06\/10\/tall-stewartia\/","title":{"rendered":"Tall Stewartia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tall Stewartia (Stewartia monadelpha<\/em>) is a deciduous flowering shrub or multi-trunked small tree that grows 20-25 feet tall with a pyramidal framework when young. As the tree ages, horizontal branches open up more. Tall Stewartia is a native of Japan and is indigenous to cool mountain forests. Stewartias are members of the\u00a0Theaceae<\/em>\u00a0botanical family which include Camellia, Franklinia, et.al. (USDA hardiness zones 6b – 8b).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Late May flowers (in Tennessee) on S. monadelpha<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Low maintenance tall stewartia performs best in partial shade, preferably early morning to early afternoon. Either avoid hot mid-afternoon sun or routinely irrigate during spring\/summer dry periods. Once established in 2 years, tall stewartia exhibits above average heat and drought tolerance. Site the tree in well-drained, humus-rich, acidic, loamy or sandy soils. Mulching with shredded pine bark is advised. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tall Stewartia is identified by its smooth orange-bark which gets better and better as the tree ages. The main and scaffold bark chips off in thin exfoliating sheets. Small white camellia-like flowers appear in late spring in Tennessee. Its autumn scarlet red foliage is an added plus.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dark green elliptic leaves, 1.5 to 3 inches long, have finely serrated margins and grayish-green beneath. Fall foliage is orangey-red to deep scarlet and intensity tends to be variable from one year to another.\u00a0The white cupped-shaped flowers measure 1 to 1.5 inches wide and have yellow-orangish\u00a0stamens. The five-segmented small oval hard fruits (capsules) ripen in the fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tall stewartia is\u00a0heat and drought\u00a0tolerance make this plant an ideal small landscape tree in Mid-Atlantic and Mid-South states. Consider Tall Stewartia for a shrub border, patio area, accent, lawn specimen, or street tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Smooth tan patchy bark of tall stewartia at Biltmore Estates in Asheville, NC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Extra<\/strong>: Tall stewartia is available from on-line nursery sources. This fine landscape tree deserves more use in U.S. landscapes. It has no serious insect or disease issues. Pollinators enjoy our multi-year landscape tree in Northeast Tennessee. Methods of propagation include seeds or stem cuttings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tall Stewartia (Stewartia monadelpha) is a deciduous flowering shrub or multi-trunked small tree that grows 20-25 feet tall with a pyramidal framework when young. As the tree ages, horizontal branches open up more. Tall Stewartia is a native of Japan and is indigenous to cool mountain forests. Stewartias are members of the\u00a0Theaceae\u00a0botanical family which include […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,657,1319,1498,674,806,853,551,1571,843,1060,1059,729,1321,777,630,705,1657,1002,706,646,1127,7,113,850,655,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15246"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15246"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15257,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15246\/revisions\/15257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}