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Other names for June Snow

Mantianxing, Baimagu, Suiye Dongqing.

Growth habits of June Snow

June Snow likes sunlight and is also fairly shade-tolerant. It avoids fierce winds and blazing sun, and in hot summer weather it should have light shade.

In June it opens small white flowers; the tree is very small with sparse branches and leaves, full of quiet charm, and can be grown as a potted plant. It likes light shade and fears the sun, and is often found under leafy trees in deep mountains. It is divided and planted in spring, or propagated by cuttings during the yellow plum rain season, and is best watered with weak tea. It is not strict about temperature; in South China it is evergreen, and in the Southwest it is semi-evergreen.

For pot culture, a moist growing medium that contains humus, is loose and fertile, has strong permeability, and is slightly acidic is best, and it will grow well.

Distribution of June Snow

June Snow is mainly distributed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong and other southeastern and central provinces of China. It is also distributed in Japan and Taiwan, China. It mostly grows wild among mountain forests and beside streams and rocks. It is a subtropical tree species, fond of warm and humid climate conditions and semi-shaded, semi-sunny, loose, fertile, well-drained soil, with neutral and slightly acidic soil especially suitable. Its cold resistance is not strong, and for overwintering in a greenhouse in winter it needs to be above 0°C. Its sprouting ability and tillering ability are relatively strong, so it tolerates pruning and is also easy to shape. In southern gardens it is often planted in the open under tree canopies and among shrubs; in the north it is mostly grown in pots for ornamental viewing and overwinters indoors. It is also a good bonsai material.

Medicinal value of June Snow

It dispels wind and releases the exterior, clears heat and drains dampness, and relaxes the sinews and activates the collaterals. It is used for colds, coughs, toothache, acute tonsillitis, pharyngitis, acute and chronic hepatitis, enteritis, dysentery, infantile malnutrition, high blood pressure headache, migraine, rheumatic joint pain, and leukorrhea; the stem is burned to ash and applied to the eyes to treat eye films.

Flower language of June Snow

June Snow willingly plays the supporting role in love, endless love, care, bringing good luck, and a pure heart.