Two-wing Silverbell
Halesia dipteranative · Central Texas
Two-wing Silverbell is a tree native to Central Texas that grows 10–25 ft tall and 15 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and medium water. Blooms white in spring. Good for bees, birds, hummingbirds and small mammals.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Tree
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- 10–25 ft
- Spread
- 15 ft
- Bloom
- Spring · white
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Recorded on loam, moist, sand, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports bees, birds, hummingbirds and small mammals
Where it grows
Recorded in this EPA Level IV ecoregion in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Floodplains and Low Terraces
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.