Macrocephalum

Description

aka Chinese Snowball Tree Huge rounded trusses of white 'snowball' flowers open from green buds in early summer. The dark leathery summer foliage as red and yellow autumn tones prior to leaf fall. Happy in sun or part shade and hardy to most conditions except hot dry wind. Lovely background shrub. Deciduous. In milder climates this large shrub is sometimes semi-evergreen i.e. not all the leaves fall in winter. Flower colour: White / Green. Habit: Shrub. Leaves: Deciduous, Green.