Oxydendrum arboreum

Description

Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Oxydendrum
Species: Arboreum
Lily of the Valley Tree

Deciduous smaller tree that reaches 6-9m, blooms during summer and early autumn – the flower is fragrant. At the end of summer, the leaves turn an intense red-purple color. It does not require any special storage conditions.

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Propagation: By seeds, cuttings

Pre-treatment: No

Sowing: Throughout the year, just press the seeds into the substrate on the surface and moisten them with water, cover them with nylon – until the seeds germinate, the nylon is removed every day for a couple of hours and returned. When the seeds germinate, remove the nylon completely.

Germination: Temperature 22-25 C, germinates in 4-16 weeks

Location: Direct light

Haediness zone : 5a / -28.8 °C (-20 °F)