Halesia (Noun)
Meaning
Deciduous small trees or shrubs of China and eastern North America.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Halesia is a unique and underappreciated genus of deciduous small trees or shrubs native to eastern North America and China.
- In the rich soils of Appalachian woodlands, the Mountain Silverbell tree, or Halesia monticola, produces fragrant bell-shaped flowers that hang down like pendant jewelry.
- After 50 years, this stunning Carolina Silverbell tree, a cultivar of Halesia carolina, grew over 50 feet high in front of this brick country church in Ohio.
- We thought about landscaping our woodsy acres in southeastern Alabama with plenty of native Halesia and stunted Hydrangea paniculata and rich Trillium sessile.
- In this New World forested land lived all sorts of commoner growth: gazing high into the forest above stands the pure native Alabama forest tree the Halesia monticola's delicate silver hingelike trees.