The Dawes Arboretum

Common name: Oyama stewartia, sawtooth stewartia

Family: Theaceae (tea family)

Distribution: Japan

IUCN Red list: Least concern

Hardiness: USDA Zone 6

Life form: Deciduous tree

Comments: A beautiful deciduous tree, likely to remain under 20' in this area, growing with an upright to vase-shaped habit. Young shoots are tan-brown and quite hairy; leaves are glabrous and leathery, 2-3" long, abruptly pointed at the tips. Flowers open in June, 2-3" across, creamy white, stained red at the base. Flowers give way to dark reddish brown capsules. Bark on older wood turns gray-brown. Fall color can be a remarkable crimson-red to orange-red.