Vaccinium elliottii Canopy Trees An exceptional cold-hardy bottlebrush

An exceptional cold-hardy bottlebrush

for whatever gnat or late fly is still working

" and Dichroa versicolor presses the idea further: bloom color shifts with soil chemistry much the way a hydrangea does

fine-textured foliage gives structure to sunny borders

and gardeners can steer the color with sulfur or lime

Vaccinium elliottii Canopy Trees An exceptional cold-hardy bottlebrushElliott's blueberry is one of the finest of the wild Southern blueberries, a tall, multi stemmed deciduous native reaching up to ten feet, with slender twigs and small, glossy green leaves. The species honors Stephen Elliott, the early nineteenth century South Carolina botanist whose Sketch of the Botany of South Carolina and Georgia remains a landmark of Southern natural history. The old country name mayberry nods to the fruit, which ripens early,