Schima argentea: Flower Description
Cup-shaped single white flowers with yellow stamens and 6 petals are fragrant and emerge from buds with a red tinge. Blooms from late summer to mid-fall.
Plant Profile: Schima argentea
Names
Phonetic Spelling:SKEE-ma ar-JEN-tee-uh
Genus:Schima
Species:argentea
Family:Theaceae
This small, conical evergreen tree or shrub, a relative of the camellia, boasts striking white flowers that bloom in late summer. Notably, its leaves feature a unique silver hue on their undersides.
Schima argentea Feature Summary
Tags
#evergreen
#showy flowers
#small tree
#white flowers
#silver leaves
#flowering tree
#evergreen shrub
#evergreen tree
#late summer flowers
#flowers early fall
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Schima argentea Feature Summary
Flowers
Cup-shaped single white flowers with yellow stamens and 6 petals are fragrant and emerge from buds with a red tinge. Blooms from late summer to mid-fall.
White
Fragrant
Showy
Summer
Fall
6 petals/rays
Leaves
Green on top, silver underneath papery or leathery oblong to ovate.
Broadleaf Evergreen
Green
Gray/Silver
Simple
Ovate
Oblong
Serrate
Glossy
Leathery
Papery
Attributes
Woody
Whole Plant Traits
Cultural Conditions
Good Drainage
Moist
9a
9b
10a
10b
Clay
Loam (Silt)
Sand
Stem
Landscape
Flowering Tree
Small Tree
Schima argentea Image Gallery
Schima argentea Flowers
Schima argentea: Flower Color
White
Schima argentea: Flower Value To Gardener
Edible
Fragrant
Good Cut
Good Dried
Long Bloom Season
Long-lasting
Showy
Schima argentea: Flower Bloom Time
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
Schima argentea: Flower Petals
2-3 rays/petals
4-5 petals/rays
6 petals/rays
7 - 20 petals/rays
asymmetrical petals
Bracts
Colored Sepals
fused petals
more than 20 petals/rays
Tepals
Schima argentea: Flower Shape
Bell
Cross
Crown
Cup
Dome
Funnel
Irregular
Lipped
Radial
Saucer
Star
Trumpet
Tubular
Urn
Wheel
Schima argentea Leaves
Schima argentea: Leaf Description
Green on top, silver underneath papery or leathery oblong to ovate.
Schima argentea: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics
Broadleaf Evergreen
Deciduous
Needled Evergreen
Semi-evergreen
Schima argentea: Leaf Color
Gray/Silver
Green
Schima argentea: Leaf Type
Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
Fronds
Needles
Sheath
Simple
Schima argentea: Leaf Shape
Acicular
Auriculate
Cordate
Cuneate
Deltoid
Elliptical
Filiform
Lanceolate
Linear
Oblanceolate
Oblong
Obovate
Obtuse
Orbicular
Ovate
Palmasect
Palmatifid
Peltate
Pinnatifid
Pinnatisect
Reniform
Rhomboidal
Spatulate
Subcordate
Subulate
Schima argentea: Leaf Margin
Crenate
Crenulate
Dentate
Denticulate
Doubly Crenate
Doubly Dentate
Doubly Serrate
Entire
Lobed
Serrate
Sinuate
Undulate
Schima argentea: Hairs Present
No
Yes
Schima argentea: Leaf Feel
Fleshy
Glossy
Leathery
Papery
Prickly
Rough
Rubbery
Slippery
Smooth
Soft
Velvety
Waxy
Schima argentea Attributes
Schima argentea: Life Cycle
Annual
Biennial
Bulb
Perennial
Woody
Schima argentea Whole Plant Traits
Schima argentea: Plant Type
Annual
Bulb
Carnivorous
Edible
Epiphyte
Fern
Ground Cover
Herb
Herbaceous Perennial
Houseplant
Mushroom
Native Plant
Ornamental Grasses and Sedges
Perennial
Poisonous
Rose
Shrub
Succulent
Tree
Turfgrass
Vegetable
Vine
Water Plant
Weed
Wildflower
Schima argentea: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics
Broadleaf Evergreen
Deciduous
Needled Evergreen
Semi-evergreen
Schima argentea: Habit/Form
Arching
Ascending
Broad
Cascading
Climbing
Clumping
Columnar
Conical
Creeping
Dense
Erect
Horizontal
Irregular
Mounding
Multi-stemmed
Multi-trunked
Open
Oval
Prostrate
Pyramidal
Rounded
Spreading
Vase
Weeping
Schima argentea Cultural Conditions
Schima argentea: Soil Drainage
Frequent Standing Water
Good Drainage
Moist
Occasional Flooding
Occasionally Dry
Occasionally Wet
Very Dry
Schima argentea: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone
10a
10b
9a
9b
Schima argentea: Soil Texture
Clay
High Organic Matter
Loam (Silt)
Sand
Shallow Rocky
Schima argentea Stem
Schima argentea: Stem Is Aromatic
No
Yes
Schima argentea Landscape
Schima argentea: Design Feature
Accent
Barrier
Border
Flowering Tree
Foundation Planting
Hedge
Mass Planting
Screen/Privacy
Security
Shade Tree
Small groups
Small Tree
Specimen
Street Tree
Understory Tree
