Stephanandra flexuosa 
Native of Japan. 
Nat. Order : Rosacea. Tribe: SPIRE. 
Stephanandra flexuosa, Siebold and Zuccarini in “‘ Abhand 
Acad. Muench,” iii. 738 (1843). 
A most delightful and graceful foliage shrub from Japan, 
which no garden should be without. A well-grown plant, is 
more like a huge fern than anything else, and is perfectly 
hardy. It produces its small white flowers in great profusion 
in July. Being of very free growth, it must have plenty of 
rich soil—half loam and half well-rotted manure is what 
it has here, and it makes shoots annually over two feet in 
length with that treatment. The foliage is of a yellowish- 
green colour, and sprays of it mix well with cut flowers; it 
requires hard cutting back to keep it in good shape, and well 
repays any attention given to it. This plant is eight feet high 
and rather more in diameter ; it is planted in a sheltered spot, 
quite protected from the prevailing wind. 
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