Hypericum edisonianum 25/3 Restock Give the hybrid strawberry tree

Give the hybrid strawberry tree full sun to part shade and well-drained soil

Decades of detective work have not pinned down the exact parent species (some point to C

a hybrid of Camellia reticulata and Camellia fraterna

The fruits make a fine substitute for the common commercial lemon

Hypericum edisonianum 25/3 Restock Give the hybrid strawberry treeHypericum edisonianum is a Florida endemic with an upright, colony forming habit, sending up reddish brown stems clothed in small, leathery, gray green leaves and topped in the warm months with four petaled yellow flowers, each brushed with a dense tuft of stamens. As the stems age the bark peels away in thin strips, a subtle textural detail on a shrub that spreads by clonal growth into a low thicket. The plant carries a modern American name in an old