Morella caroliniensis 24/11 Restock Quercus incana is another oak

Quercus incana is another oak of the longleaf sandhills

A rare dwarf form of the Ohio buckeye

luminous white

trumpet-shaped flowers in soft pink and lavender

Then came a small Chinese tree with a long and tangled paper trail

Morella caroliniensis 24/11 Restock Quercus incana is another oakThe bayberry candle is one of those traditions so old it has become purely symbolic, burned at Christmas for luck, the scent faint and slightly waxy and unlike anything paraffin has managed to replicate in three centuries of trying. Most people who burn one have no idea what plant produced it, or that the plant is still out there, growing in sandy pocosins and coastal flats from New Jersey to the Gulf, doing quiet work in the margins of the