Sageretia minutiflora Southeastern Native Long grown under the name

Long grown under the name Michelia figo and only lately folded into the genus Magnolia

calcareous seeps

a trait that has followed oleander through centuries of cautionary lore and that conveniently keeps browsing deer away

but built on a grander scale

Sageretia minutiflora Southeastern Native Long grown under the nameSageretia minutiflora, the shellmound buckthorn, is a rare and little known native shrub of the Southeastern coast, with scandent, half climbing, somewhat spiny branches and small, glossy, faintly triangular leaves. The habit falls between shrub and vine, so the plant can be left to mound and tangle or trained up a fence or arbor, and the fine, dark, semi evergreen foliage gives a handsome year round texture in the mild coastal gardens where the