Nyssa sylvatica Low Stock but a member of the

but a member of the buttercup tribe that happens to flower around Lent

here is a treasure: very hard to find

oversized spikes can be met at close range

Reddish leaf-stalks and new growth add a further quiet flourish to the evergreen frame

Nyssa sylvatica Low Stock but a member of theBlack gum is one of the longest lived hardwoods in eastern North America; individual trees have been aged past six hundred and fifty years, standing quietly in swamp margins and rocky uplands while everything human around them came and went. The names alone are a small history lesson. Nyssa was a water nymph of Greek myth, sylvatica means of the woods, so the botanical name reads as water nymph of the forest; tupelo comes from the Creek ito and