Another Blooming Tree

Styrax japonica  I got this as a seedling from a gardening friend's neighbor when collecting plants for the Arboretum Plant Sale many years ago. Probably 10 since next week is our tenth anniversary sale.

It has finally become a flowering tree worth looking up.  Now just tall enough to stand beneath and look up into the so called snowbells. If you get up close it has a faint fragrance, always a plus for me.

A little shade is necessary for this understory tree.
Here growing under a Red Maple at the side of the gravel driveway.
I suspect it's roots have access to the rain as it travels down the slope to the rain garden.
 Moss grows here so an indication of it's preferred situation. Acidic soil, moist but well drained. Pink versions are available  & the native snowbell has a more delicate appearance.
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=STAM4