A tribute to our late Director, Dr. Sarah Reichard.  May she forever garden in peace amongst a grove of Stewartia, her favorite tree.

[Editor’s Note: If you have time to experience their true beauty, it is highly recommended you visit our Stewartia Collection. The smart phone version of our interactive map can be used to pin-point specific locations and information for mature specimens of the species listed below.
http://depts.washington.edu/uwbg/gardens/map.html]

1) Stewartia monadelpha   (Tall Stewartia)

• Small tree with an upright growth habit.
• Foliage turns an excellent maroon color in the fall.
• Bark is cinnamon-brown and smooth in maturity, scaly rich brown in younger specimens.
• Flowers are 1 to 1.5 inches wide, white with yellow stamens, and bloom over a month-long period, starting in early summer.
• Stewartia have fuzzy woody capsules for fruit (see specimen samples).
• Prefers partial shade.
• Native to Japan

2)  Stewartia ovata    (Mountain Stewartia)

• Large shrub with dramatic orange-to-scarlet foliage in fall.
• Large, showy white flowers have five to six crimped petals, purple to white filaments, and are 2 to 4 inches wide.
• Summer blooming
• Native to southeastern U.S.

3) Stewartia pseudocamellia var. koreana  (Korean Stewartia)

• Small tree, whose dark green foliage can turn into a beautiful red to reddish-purple color in the fall.
• Flowers are large (three inches across), white with yellow stamens, and bloom sporadically over the entire summer.
• The bark is flaky with the color ranging from grayish-brown to orange-brown, is often mottled, and very attractive.
• Native to Korea

4)  Stewartia rostrata

• Rare Stewartia from China
• White fragrant flowers with gold stamens and maroon bracts
• Reddish-purple fall color

5)  Stewartia sinensis   (Chinese Stewartia)

• This tree is the smallest of the Asian Stewartia spp.
• The flowers are four inches across in June to July.
• The bronzy new growth turns green all summer, then to the most brilliant, glowing red in fall.