Arnold Pink Carolina Silverbell
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 5-8
- Spacing: 25-30'
- Exposure: Sun/Part Shade
- Deer Resistant: Yes
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The Arnold Pink Carolina Silverbell tree will grace your garden with hundreds of delicate, bell-like, pastel pink blossoms to ring in the spring season. This small to medium-sized ornamental tree blooms before the leaves have fully expanded, so you’ll get a good view of the pretty flowers, especially if you’re seated beneath its spreading branches. The space underneath its canopy is the perfect place for a comfy chair or two and a small table to hold a cold drink or a good book. Up close, you’ll also get a better view of Arnold Pink’s striped bark—just one more example of this underused tree’s many subtle but lovely charms.
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 5-8
- Spacing: 25-30'
- Exposure: Sun/Part Shade
- Deer Resistant: Yes
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The Story
Carolina Silverbell is native to the U.S. and can be found growing along streambanks, at woodland edges, and in the shade of larger forest trees from West Virginia to Northern Florida. It’s also known as the “Snowdrop Tree” and is related to the Japanese Snowbell tree. Silverbell’s blossoms are normally frosty white, but pink forms are sometimes spotted, like this one discovered at Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum in Boston. Arnold Pink might be considered the American equivalent of the Japanese Snowbell tree, ‘Pink Chimes,’ which blooms a few weeks later. Plant both and enjoy an encore of sweet blush-pink bells in late spring or early summer!
The Details
Honeybees and other pollinators will love Arnold Pink Silverbell’s blossoms almost as much as you will, and squirrels like to eat the seeds (which are contained in interesting seedpods that resemble the winged end of a dart). Silverbells are becoming less common in the wild—all the more reason to plant this valuable native tree in your landscape!
How to Grow
Arnold Pink Carolina Silverbell is an adaptable tree that can handle sun or shade. It doesn’t like to bake in sun in hot, dry soil, however, so mulch it well and irrigate regularly (the Bower & Branch™ Water Element will make this part easy). Acid soils are best, so if you live in Rhododendron country, you’re in luck. Silverbell can be a rather fast-growing tree when all of its needs are met (the Bower & Branch™ Soil Enhancer and Fertilizer Element applied during the first few years in its new home will help here, too). It rebounds quickly from pruning, so don’t be afraid to shape it as you like. Pests and diseases will be of no concern.
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Scale
Size B
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Size B Trees:
7-8' tall. Grown in our #15 tree container. Fully branched fully flowering strong stem caliper in the 1-1.5" range.
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