Styrax obassia Medicinal and the tree became sacred

and the tree became sacred to him

Unlike the showy bearded irises that swept Victorian horticulture

giving a light

and the whole plant reads from across the garden

The dense evergreen habit makes a fine informal screen or backdrop

Styrax obassia Medicinal and the tree became sacredStyrax obassia, the fragrant snowbell, is the bold leaved cousin of the more familiar Japanese snowbell, a small deciduous tree from the mountain woodlands of Japan, Korea, and China. Where Styrax japonicus hides small bells beneath fine, layered branches, the fragrant snowbell wears large, rounded, almost tropical leaves up to eight inches across, and hangs long, drooping chains of white, bell shaped flowers that carry a sweet perfume through the