Halesia diptera Bob McCartney the modest little groundcover that

the modest little groundcover that carpets sunny woodland edges

Every bloom lasts only a day or two

is a compact

Use Taiwan beautyberry in a shrub border

long-lived shrub

Halesia diptera Bob McCartney the modest little groundcover thatIn spring, the bare gray branches of the two wing silverbell fill with small white bells, three to six to a cluster, hanging along the year old wood like a run of tiny lanterns. Each flower is a half inch, four lobed cup, and en masse they turn a modest understory tree into one of the quiet highlights of the southern woodland spring. This silverbell grows as a large multi stemmed shrub or a small tree, rarely more than thirty feet, with an open,