while the epithet dichotoma describes the way the slender branches fork in neat pairs
Most bluestars are smooth
well-drained soil and tolerates the damp ground red maples often colonize
long-established virus
the Meyer is thought to be a natural hybrid of lemon and some other citrus
Chimonanthus praecox 26/5 Restock while the epithet dichotoma describesIn the dead of winter, when the garden has given up on color and scent alike, Chimonanthus praecox quietly does the impossible. On bare, leafless branches, often in January and February, the wintersweet opens small, waxy, cupped stars of translucent pale yellow, each flushed at the heart with maroon, and from them pours a fragrance so rich and far carrying that a single sprig will perfume a room. The Chinese name, la mei, the wax plum, catches the