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Sourwood
Sourwood honey is prized by gourmets. The bark is dark and blocky (alligator hide). The Sourwood tree, Oxydendrum arboreum, is one of the most prized native trees, especially noted for its summer flowering and gorgeous fall colors. Great for a small yard, patio or lawn tree. It is also known as the Sorrel Tree and Lily-of-the-Valley Tree. The fruit is a small gray capsule appearing in spike-like clusters. Plant in full sun to partial shade in acid, organic, moist, well-drained soil. The leaves are deciduous, up to 8" in length, sour-tasting, and turn scarlet in the fall. The Sourwood makes a nice small specimen tree for small spaces and looks great at the woodland edge. Displays white Lily-of-the-Valley like flowers in July. Beautiful scarlet-orange leaf color in fall. ... more information
Bristlecone Pine The Bristlecone Pine, 'Pinus aristata', is a type of pine tree that can reach an age far greater than that of any other living thing known - up to 5,000 years. Looks aside, bristlecone pine is famous because in its arid mountain home of Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, it can live for thousands of years. The cones which occasion its names are indeed tipped by slender spines or bristles. In cultivation it proves slow, bushy, dark and enduring of difficult sites. It is dense in growth, the shoots set with dark, short needles, five per bundle. |
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