Quercus acerifolia 26/5 Restock and at the center of

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

describes as the miniature weeping crape myrtles for their low

strongly vertical form grown as much for the deep blue flowers as for the kitchen

so the tree carries color without depending on the usual autumn display

writes that this overlooked native should be included in more gardens

Quercus acerifolia 26/5 Restock and at the center ofQuercus 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