Halesia diptera

twowing silverbells

Styracaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

tree

Size:

30 ft tall by 20 ft wide

Life Span:

long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

white

Fruit Color:

Phenology:

deciduous

Noted For:

Showy Flowers, Fall Color

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Use as a specimen plant or as an understory in a mixed hardwood forest setting. This tree blooms in early spring before the leaves come out.

Considerations:

Light:

Full Sun, Part Sun, Shade

Moisture Tolerance:

Usually moist, occasional inundation ---- to ---- Somewhat long very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A

Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators, Hummingbirds, Birds



  • Larval plant for several moth species.


  • Primary pollinators are bees. 


Hummingbirds and cardinals are known to be interested in the nectar.  Squirrels may eat the fruits.  

Native Habitats:

Dry-moist sites. Upland hardwood forests on fertile mesic slopes and ravines, hammocks, floodplain forests, slope forests, seep slopes, floodplains with short-term inundation.