Quercus acerifolia 26/5 Restock describes as the miniature weeping

describes as the miniature weeping crape myrtles for their low

oleander is poisonous but not likely to be ingested except by beach goers who choose oleander sticks to cook wieners

a reminder that Native peoples were drying persimmons into cakes long before the botanists arrived

recalling the old habit of hanging flowering St

and at the center of each one sits a single hard berry the color of oxidized turquoise

Quercus acerifolia 26/5 Restock describes as the miniature weepingQuercus acerifolia is one of the rarest oaks in North America, and one of the most quietly beautiful. The name says the first thing you notice: acerifolia means maple leaved, and the upper leaves really do look like a sugar maple's, often as wide as they are long, cut into three to five sharp, glossy lobes that turn deep red and burgundy in fall. A close relative of the Shumard oak, maple leaf oak grows as anything from a stunted, multi trunked shrub