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Halesia (tetraptera)

Chris O'Brian
ISA Certified Arborist
Memphis Botanic Garden Horticulture Department
750 Cherry Road
Memphis, Tennessee 38117
chris.obryan@memphisbotanicgarden.com

Family Scientific Name: Styracaceae
Family Common Name: Styrax
Scientific Name: Halesia tetraptera Ellis
Common Synonym: Halesia carolina L.
Common Name: Carolina silverbell
General Distribution: West Virginia, Ohio, Illinois to Florida and eastern Oklahoma, on wooded slopes and along streambanks.
Propagation Goal: plants
Propagation Method: seed
ProductType: Container (plug)
Time To Grow: Weeks
Target Specifications: A well developed plant suitable for transplanting.
Propagule Collection: 30 seeds were collected from naturalized plants in the woodland garden.
Propagule Processing: Seeds were stripped of the fleshy wings.
Pre-Planting Treatments: Stratification on vermiculite in Ziploc bag.
Warm moist stratification-3/26/15-5/2615
Cold moist stratification-5/26/15-7/26/15
Growing Area Preparation/
Annual Practices for Perennial Crops:
A 3 gallon pot was filled with Fafard 3b potting mix and seedbed firmed slightly.

Citation:

O'Bryan, Chris Rufus. 2015. Propagation protocol for production of Container (plug) Halesia tetraptera Ellis plants Memphis Botanic Garden Horticulture Department Memphis, Tennessee. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2024/07/03). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.