Sinojackia xylocarpa Low Stock valued above all for the

valued above all for the upright spikes of intensely fragrant white flowers that perfume the whole garden in the heat of summer

foamflower

and the autumn fruit feeds deer

drawing hummingbirds through its long bloom and shrugging off heat and drought once established

where the plant asks little once established and holds a neat

Sinojackia xylocarpa Low Stock valued above all for theSinojackia xylocarpa is a rare flowering treasure from the hills of eastern China, a deciduous small tree or large shrub that few gardeners have ever met. Known as the jacktree, the species belongs to the storax family, Styracaceae, a close cousin of the snowbells and silverbells, and carries the same poetry of spring: pendant, bell shaped white flowers that dangle beneath arching branches like small antique lanterns swaying in a breeze. The botanical