Vaccinium arboreum Bill Cawthon Plant devilwood in sun or

Plant devilwood in sun or semi-shade

Few natives work harder in a difficult spot

and other pollinators work the flowers steadily

evenly moist soil in dappled to full sun

and the genus Lonicera honors the sixteenth-century German herbalist Adam Lonitzer

Vaccinium arboreum Bill Cawthon Plant devilwood in sun orVaccinium arboreum, the sparkleberry, is the giant of the blueberry clan, a large shrub or small tree native across the southeastern and south central United States, from Virginia to Florida and west to Texas. The species name arboreum means tree like, and an old specimen earns it, rising to twenty or twenty five feet on a gnarled, contorted frame. The folk names sparkleberry and farkleberry both nod to the small, glossy, glinting black fruits, and