Common Name: Japanese snowbell, pink chimes Family Name: Styracaceae - Silver Bells family Native Range: Asia NJ Status: Emerging Stage 0 – Absent or very rare. It is moderately threatening native plant communities. General Description • Deciduous flowering shrub • 20 - 30’ tall, as wide as it is tall • Single trunked • Mature bark is grey brown with orange fissures Leaves • Simple and alternate • 1 to 4” long • Smooth edges • Dark lush green in the summer yellow to reddish yellow in the fall Flowers • Blooms from end of May into June • Flower are white or light pink and hang down, bell shaped, 0.75” wide • Less than an inch long • 5 petals with yellow stamen • Clusters of 3 to 6 Fruit • Fruit is a small, dry, round structure that hangs from the tree. • Light whitish green coloring Habitat Roadside, garden, landscaping, forest edge Commercially Available Yes Look-alikes Stewartia (Stewartia spp.) • Non-native, similar flowers and leaves to the Japanese Snowbell • Multi-stemmed • Smooth orange to yellow-brown bark • Blooms June to August American snowbell (Styrax americanus) • Non-native • Small tree or shrub reaching 10 - 15’ tall • Smooth, thin, dark grey-brown bark, no orange fissures Control Recommendations Foliar Spray: FS-2 • Glyphosate 3.00% • Please see our Herbicide Use Suggestions and Mixing Guide for more information Basal Bark: BB-1 • Triclopyr Ester 25% OR Pathfinder II ready-to-use mixture • Please see our Herbicide Use Suggestions and Mixing Guide for more information Cut Stump: CS-1 • Glyphosate 50% • Please see our Herbicide Use Suggestions and Mixing Guide for more information