Styrax japonica - Japanese Snowbell Camellia such as cork flooring and

such as cork flooring and as the cores of cricket balls

Quite a tough shrub once established growing to about 2m

A deciduous tree grown for its fruits that taste like both a plum and date

A slow grower

The tree also extrudes a natural latex that was once used as a substitute for the traditional rubber tree

Styrax japonica - Japanese Snowbell Camellia such as cork flooring andA native to China, Japan and Korea where it occurs in mountain thickets and forests. A deciduous tree growing to 7 10m tall famed for its masses of fragrant, bell shaped white flowers hang from the branches in early summer. Easy to grow in moist and fertile soils but shelter sheltered position from winds.