Ruscus aculeatus 26/4 Restock We grow Oglethorpe oak because

We grow Oglethorpe oak because someone must

and asks little once settled

and other acid-loving plants

In spring the branches hang with the classic fetterbush bells

For the gardener building a serious shade garden

Ruscus aculeatus 26/4 Restock We grow Oglethorpe oak becauseRuscus aculeatus, Butcher's Broom, is a low evergreen shrub of the asparagus family, native to the woodlands of southern Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East, and reaching north into the milder parts of the British Isles. What look like glossy, spine tipped leaves are not leaves at all but flattened stems called cladodes, which take over the work of photosynthesis while the true leaves are reduced to tiny scales. The generic name comes from