Halesia monticola. var. vestita. The Snowdrop Tree.

snowdrop are just a memory in our gardens now but the Snowdrop Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree is looking wondrous .

It is a delicious tree with adorable ashen bell hanging from under the branches . I am looking forward to my tree being magnanimous enough to suffer under . It is a grand sight to reckon up into and the flowers have a delicate scent . Last year it flower in May in my garden and was a utter mates for the whiteAquilegiagrowing alongside it which echoed its white Alexander Melville Bell at a lower level .

This year it is flower in April and the Aquilegias are hold to a different timetable . Perhaps I will put some of myBrunnera‘Jack Frost ’ seedling round its foot . This plant life has lovely heart shape , silver foliage veined with green and spray of shiny depressed forgetmenot prime . It comes true from seed . I love a gloomy and white compounding so maybe I should try putting some of the lovelyCorydalis‘China Blue ’ to make a frilly chick at its feet . On the other hand it is rather fun to recall the lovely white bells with more white bell so one has a whole bell ringing break down on . Perhaps some white Dicentras andPolygonatum : Solomon ’s Seal would look good with it . The endearing Lilies of the Valley are just coming out so maybe a sea of these tiny white Alexander Melville Bell would look endearing develop pear-shaped theHalesia . When it stops rain down I shall go and play around with these different musical theme .

Halesias are extremity of theStyracaceaefamily . Halesia carolinais also easily uncommitted and it does not grow so tall . Its flush are not as big though . I opine I prefer the one I have . In America I believe this tree is holler ‘ Silver bell ’ . I am not sure why as they are white-hot , becoming cream as they mature . you could also bribe pinkish assortment but I think snowdrop trees should be clean .

TheHalesiais named after Stephen Hales who was an eighteenth century clergyman and highly esteemed scientist . There is a memorial to him in Westminster Abbey . The tree was given this name by an eminent naturalist John Ellis who was an expert on coral and wrote a newspaper on it . He also spot himself in the field of flora by key out Halesias and Gardenias which were unknown at the time . Perhaps Halesias should endure his own name but Ellis chose to show his respect and admiration for Nathan Hale by naming this genus after him .

Whatever its name it is a lovely tree diagram . It needs a gay position and a filth that does n’t dry out out . It would in all probability be happier on an acidic grime but it seems to be all right without this , but I do give it a mulch of composted pine needles every year .

36 Responses toHalesia monticola. var. vestita. The Snowdrop Tree.

What a pretty tree , with its hanging white bells ! It will look great with any of the options you mentioned .

The Halesia is beautiful and the flowers DO look just like Anemone quinquefolia . I await it up in my western garden guide and discover it testify with the common names of snowdrop tree and silver bell . unluckily , like the snowdrops , it ’s not befit to my mood zona .

Oh your snowdrop tree is most attractive Chloris and just the just the ticket to extend that snowdrop season 🙂 How long does it flower for ? I think that any of the plants you ’ve mention would be costless companion .

Halesia monticola. var. vestita. The Snowdrop Tree.