| Scientific Name: | Halesia carolina |
| Common Name: | Carolina silverbell |
| Family Name: | Styracaceae |
| Origin: | U.S. - southeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 7 - 10m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Irregular, Round |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Specimen plant, Spring interest, Waterside planting, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Sheltered |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Elliptic, Ovate, Serrate, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Pink, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Samara, Green, Brown, Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, most elliptic, 8-20cm long x 4-7cm wide, petioles 1-2cm long, margins finely toothed; flowers pendulous, bell-shaped white petals (pink cvs.), about 2cm long, Apr-May. Winter ID: fruit persistent, 4-angled, winged, brown; true terminal bud absent; superposed, slightly stalked, scaled. | |