Quercus myrtifolia 26/6 Restock a pattern that calls to

a pattern that calls to mind the markings of a rattlesnake

The plant flowers and fruits prolifically

including the variety 'Richard'

a heritage carried in every cup of the amber tea

Photos courtesy of Ray Matthews and Damon Waitt

Quercus myrtifolia 26/6 Restock a pattern that calls toMyrtle oak takes the name from the leaf, small and leathery and rolled at the edges like a true myrtle, which is about as far from the broad, lobed oak of the schoolbook as the genus travels. Quercus myrtifolia is a creature of the Florida scrub and the sand pine ridges along the southeastern coast, the bright, fast draining places where the salt comes in on the wind and the soil is mostly quartz. They stay small there, a dense evergreen shrub or low