
Carolina Silverbell
- Botanical Name
- Halesia carolina
- Min Zone
- 4
- Max Zone
- 8
- Height
- 30 to 40 feet
- Width
- 20 to 35 feet
- Flowers
- April-Early May: clusters of white bell-shaped flowers before leafout
- Fruit
- Drupe: four winged, oblong, persists into winter
- Fall Color
- Yellow-green
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained, acidic
- Planting & Care
- Transplant container grown material
- Not tolerant of salt or compacted soils
- Tolerant of black walnut toxicity
- Looks its best with a dark background
- Mixes well with rhododendrons
- Problems
- Chlorosis in high pH soils, twig kill in severe winters
- Varieties
- Rosea - pink flowers
- Uconn Wedding Bells - larger flowers on a smaller tree, 20 feet
- Lady Catherine - weeping form
- Crushed Velvet (Halesia carolina 'JFS-PN2Legacy') - smaller leaves with a wavy texture, compact 20 feet tall by 15 feet wide
- Arnold Pink - pink flowered variety
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