Remember this cute little fall colored native shrub? It turns out she has quite a bit of history behind her, and this is History with a capital H. Take a look at the blog Zenobia: Empress of the East for some fascinating reading, both on the plant and the historical Zenobia and her world. [...]
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Zenobia has History
Posted in Blogs you should visit, native plants, Shrubs, tagged blogs, fall color, history, shrub on October 29, 2009 | 4 Comments »
What this blog needs is more PURPLE.
Posted in Plants, Shrubs, tagged berries, fall, Gardening, native, Plants, purple, shrub on October 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This first time I met this gorgeous beauty, I came close to falling off a rather hilly trail in Virginia. My hiking partner (after rescuing me from an embarrassing near face plant) knew the plant only as French mulberry, a fairly common name for it in that area. As it turns out, this stunning berried [...]