General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Spring

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Common names
  • Mountain silverbell
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Halesia tetraptera var. monticola
  • Synonym: Halesia monticola
  • Synonym: Halesia carolina var. monticola

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Location: Garden next to Smithsonian, DC, Virginia | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Garden next to Smithsonian, DC, Virginia | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2016-05-28
Formerly known as H. monticola var. vestita
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2016-05-28
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2016-05-28
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2016-05-28
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2016-05-28
Formerly known as H. monticola var. vestita
Location: Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid
photo credit: A. Barra
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Plant Events from our members
tinytreez From January 11, 2020 to January 12, 2020 Obtained plant
Seeds obtained from Mount Royal Seeds. Seeds are currently going through stratification after soaking in water for 24 hours. Stratification is done in moist paper towels and left inside plastic sandwich bag and left in cabinet at room temperature.

Seeds need to be left alone in moistened environment (Vermiculite or wet paper towel etc.) for ~90 days

Stratification will start in April and will last ~ 90 days in refrigerator, important not to freeze the seeds.

These trees are hard to germinate and may take up to 2 years or more to sprout. Don't give up, and never throw away seeds that didn't germinate.


Stratification end date: July 2020 (first grow year, tree will survive winter indoor under T5 light to ensure survival. The following year the trees will be allowed to enter dormancy as it is necessary for deciduous trees to go into dormancy to ensure survival.
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