Each spring I look forward to seeing Mountain Silverbell in flower at the North Carolina Botanical Garden (NCBG). Native to North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia.
Halesia tetraptera var. monticola (Mountain Silverbell)
Halesia tetraptera var. monticola (Mountain Silverbell)
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I can relate to you looking forward to seeing this Susie, it’s beautiful.
Some of these spring flowers are so fleeting. Glad we caught a glimpse of this one yesterday.
Beautiful! Looks very much like the many Halesia carolina in my woodland, which are not quite in bloom yet. Do you know the difference between the two?
Marian, I copied this name off the new label at NCBG. It used to be labeled Halesia carolina (Carolina Silverbell). A staff member had told me a couple of years ago they need to correct the label and I guess they did finally. The names appear to be in dispute but this particular one seems to grow mountains of NC and gets much taller (although it isn’t very tall now).
I can relate too, after the winter Spring flowers bring such joy and your Mountain Silverbell is quite beautiful.
Every little flower seems magical, doesn’t it?
ding-a-ling, hear them ring
I hear them. Actually the little flowers remind me of petticoats on a clothesline.
Didn’t know about this species. There’s quite a bit of Carolina Silverbell, in the same genus, at the Lincoln Memorial Garden in Springfield, IL.
I started doubting my memory, so went back through photos and verified the botanical garden label on this one used to read Halesia carolina (Carolina Silverbell). Now it reads Halesia tetraptera var. monticola (Mountain Silverbell). Guess I will have to look for the Carolina somewhere else, but apparently they look very similar, only the Mountain Silverbell grows taller.
That’s a beauty! I wasn’t familiar with that one, but I like it. Your photos are great! I’d love to see it blooming (in person) some day. Happy WW!
It was lucky to catch the silverbell in flower the other day. Hope yo get to see it sometime. Let me know if you’re ever headed this way.
It’s a beautiful tree. I wonder if one of its relatives is what blooms in early spring here along some of the steeper hillsides. I’ve never been ambitious enough to get a closeup view!
It is lovely. Maybe time for a hike?