27+ Japanese Snow Bush Plant

These blooms start out light green in color and slowly turn white. Japanese snowball bush viburnum plicatum is a beautiful viburnum that stands out among shrubs.

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Japanese snow bush plant

The plant is a woody shrub that grows up to 6 to 12 feet and even higher at times. Both are called snowball bush by commoners. Hydrangeas are at their most lush state in climates with mild summers and ample rainfall.

The very strong wood of this tree has traditionally been used to make prayer beads and umbrella handles in asia. Further snow bush information will help you decide if this pretty plant is right for your garden. Japanese snowball care is quite easy as long as you plant your shrubs in well draining soil.

The snow bush is a bushy evergreen plant with leaves dappled in white which makes it appear as if it was snowed upon. Hydrangeas are a popular ornamental plant in japan especially the macrophylla types that color shift between pink and blue depending on soil acidity. An easy to grow tropical adaptable to sun or light shade this is the taller more spreading and darker version as compared to breynia nivosa or hawaiian snowbush.

They tolerate many different kinds of soil as long as the drainage is good but they do best in moist slightly acidic loam. Plant the seedlings in part shade or full sun. This styrax is native to china japan and korea where plants have long been selected by the chinese into various cultivars.

The three inch clusters of snowball flowers start out apple green and morph to white eventually fading to a rosy color as do some hydrangea shrubs. The plant is known to be available in three types viz chinese snowball viburnum sterile japanese snowball viburnum popcorn and european snowball viburnum popularly known as european cranberry water elder and cramp bark. Snowball belongs to the genus viburnum.

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