American Snowbell

Prolific bloomer: very showy. Fragrant.



Understory tree. Specimen plant in moist areas.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Birds and other animals eat the fruit.

Understory of floodplain and wet forests, swamps, shoreline thickets, cypress-gum depressions. Most frequently where annually inundated or where water stands at or above the soil surface for extended periods.

• Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers
• Attracts pollinators.
• Attracts butterflies.
• Host plant for promethea moth (Callosamia promethea).