American Snowbell
Styrax americanus
American snowbell is a shrub for the understory gardener who wants something that blooms in May and smells like it. Pendant white bell-shaped flowers hang in clusters along arching branches just as the leaves emerge. delicate, fragrant, and briefly magnificent. Bees find the flowers immediately. The show is short but concentrated, the kind of bloom event worth walking the yard to see. At four to eight feet, it fits under taller canopy or at the back of a shade border without fighting for space. The foliage is tidy through summer and the arching form gives the plant year-round structure. For a native alternative to old-fashioned snowball viburnum in a woodland garden, this is the choice.
We grow a range of sizes and prices. Add the plant to your list, then pick your size when you visit.
Final price confirmed at pickup, depends on size and season.
- Thu, Jul 238 AM – 4 PM
- Fri, Jul 248 AM – 4 PM
- Sat, Jul 258 AM – 2 PM
A nursery-grown plant, ready for the ground.
Healthy, container-grown american snowbell propagated on-site at Hill House from regional genetics. Includes a one-page care card. We make every effort to supply plants as listed; occasionally we substitute a similar species of equal value.
- Sun
- Part sun
- Water
- Average
- Mature size
- 4'–8'
- Bloom
- Fragrant pendant white bells in late spring, tidy green foliage through summer, architectural arching winter habit.
- USDA zones
- 6-9
Pairs well with these.
Same light, same soil, same wildlife. Janet's picks to plant alongside american snowbell.
Or skip the guesswork.
Curated packages bundle 9–12 species that work together. One reservation, one pickup day, a printed layout map.
Butterfly Package
Host and nectar plants chosen to feed monarchs, swallowtails, and fritillaries spring through fall.
Hummingbird Package
Tubular-flowered natives that pull ruby-throats through your yard April through October.
S.O.S. Package
Save Our Songbirds, berry- and seed-bearing natives that feed nesting and migrating birds.