If you were ever impressed with the Japanese Snowbell, you will be raving about the Snowcone Japanese Snowbell, Styrax japonicus ‘Snowcone’. I have always considered one of the nemeses of the snowbell to be the annual twig dieback.

Dark green, fine textured foliage and dense, symmetrical structure create a tree of great uniformity. It is resistant to twig dieback that is common in seedling grown trees. Heads Up! Subscribe to our newsletter to get updates on what’s happening here at JFS. Copyright: © J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co. All rights reserved.

Styrax Japonicus Snowcone Japanese Snowbell has dainty, lightly-scented, nodding, white bell-shaped flowers from mid to late spring that give way to showy, gray berry-like drupes from late summer to late fall.

Lovely, slightly fragrant, white, bell-shaped flowers drip from strongly horizontal side branches with dark green foliage in early summer. A splendid small tree for use adjacent to a patio or near a pathway. Foliage turns yellow to red in the fall. Deciduous. WATER: Keep soil …

If you were ever impressed with the Japanese Snowbell, you will be raving about the Snowcone Japanese Snowbell, Styrax japonicus ‘Snowcone’. I have always considered one of the nemeses of the snowbell to be the annual twig dieback.

Japanese snowbell is tolerant of clay soils and occasional drought. Plant in full sun to partial shade in a moist, well-drained soil.

Snowcone® Japanese Snowbell features dainty lightly-scented nodding white bell-shaped flowers hanging below the branches from mid to late spring, which emerge from distinctive creamy white flower buds. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The pointy leaves turn …