Pagoda Dogwood - Cornus alternifolia 2023 The plant’s reddish-brown fruits are

The plant’s reddish-brown fruits are also showy and last into winter

bright white petals surrounding golden cones erupt from the dense and compact stems for weeks on end in the heat of summer

Marydel Coastal Azalea is a naturally occurring hybrid between Rhododendron atlanticum and Rhododendron perclymenoides discovered by renowned horticulturist Polly Hill along the Choptank River near the town of Marydel

This lovely little Larkspur comes from the central to eastern parts of the U

Pagoda Dogwood - Cornus alternifolia 2023 The plant’s reddish-brown fruits areThe Pagoda Dogwood is something of a paradox. While it sounds like it might be from the Far East, this spectacular small tree is actually an eastern US native found in nearly every county in Pennsylvania and is more corn rows and rock walls than rice fields and koi ponds. So how did it get such an evocative name? It turns out that the distinctly horizontal branches, which are attached to the trunk in neatly tiered layers, are reminiscent of the