![\"\"](\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Halesia-dipterax-5.jpg\" "\\"Halesia")
<\/a>Carolina silverbell (Halesia diptera) in Conlon Garden<\/p><\/div> Over the past decade botanists have reclassified Halesia. Two-winged silverbell (H. diptera<\/em>) grows a small 20-30 feet tall and wide, and fruits are 2-winged drupe seed capsules. Carolina silverbell (H. tetraptera<\/em>, formerly H. carolina<\/em>) is the taller species at 30-40 feet high and 25-30 feet wide, and fruits are 4-winged drupe seed capsules.<\/p>\n Young multi-stemmed shrubs are easily trained into single trunk trees. Fall leaf color is variable, in most years turning pale yellow in the Southern Appalachian region (USDA hardiness zones 6 and 7). Dry brownish seed capsules persist through most of the winter. In the winter months the dark gray-furrowed bark, marked with thin black vertical lines, is more noticeable.<\/p>\n Silverbell is primarily an understory tree, preferring partial sun (full morning sun, afternoon shade). Ideally, it prefers a slightly acidic, compost- rich, moist, well-drained soil. summer foliage often yellows (turns chlorotic) in high pH soils. Irrigate a newly planted tree in years 1 and 2 until it adapts to moderately dry summers. Fertilize lightly in late winter or before the tree blooms.<\/p>\n Leading cultivars: H. tetraptera<\/em> \u2018Rosea\u2019 opens rose-pink and fade to pale pink. H. diptera<\/em> \u2018Magniflora\u2019 bears 25% larger blooms than the species. \u2018Wedding Bells\u2019 is a new multi-branched shrub form from Dr. Mark Brand at the University of Connecticut.<\/p>\n Silverbells are disease and pest free if properly sited. This wonderful native provides food and shelter for birds and pollinating insects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carolina silverbells (Halesia spp.) bloom as the last bracts of flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) have fallen. Clusters of white or pale pink bell-shaped flowers open along the branches. Flowers appear first and medium green leaves emerge a few days later. Silverbells vary tremendously in the wild. Some grow large shrub-like, or as small multi-trunked trees […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,747,674,806,665,774,627,976,630,705,646,7,113],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4279"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4279"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5933,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4279\/revisions\/5933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCarolina silverbells (Halesia spp.<\/em>) bloom as the last bracts of flowering dogwood (Cornus florida<\/em>) have fallen. Clusters of white or pale pink bell-shaped flowers open along the branches. Flowers appear first and medium green leaves emerge a few days later. Silverbells vary tremendously in the wild. Some grow large shrub-like, or as small multi-trunked trees to 20-25 feet in height, or as medium 30 to 50 feet high and 20 to 35 feet wide. <\/p>\n