Blooming earlier here the Parsley Hawthorne (Crataegus marshallii) is native to the warmer parts of eastern USA. It attracts so many insects with it's vast number of flowers.
But beware this native comes bearing huge thorns. Birds have nested in this tree I guess liking the protection of the thorny branches.
Carolina Silverbell ( Halesia tetraptera)
Blooms for short period in spring otherwise I am sure it would be more popular.
Pollinators love climbing inside the bells. This year the tree, in the shadier slightly wetter part of the garden, is covered in flowers. The dark pods enclose last year's seeds.
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