American Fringetree

American Fringetree, also called as Old Man’s Beard, is deciduous small tree and slowly grows up to 6m (20 feet) height and width (may a little bit smaller than Chinese Fringetree). This tree is easy to grow in almost all area of USA and prefers full sun or partial shade area. American Fringetree blooms beautifully in late spring all over the branches as you can see on the picture.

Flowers of Cavatine Pieris

Cavatine Pieris is cultivated from Japanese Pieris. Like as Japanese Pieris, this plant is evergreen shrub and has cute white flowers in spring (a little bit late from Japanese Pieris). Cavatine Pieris is dense growing habit and beautiful dark green foliage so this plant is good yard plant. Also Cavatine Pieris is cold weather and deer tolerance plant.

Butcher's Broom

This photo is Butcher’s Broom. Butcher’s Broom is a little bit funny and strange name as a name of plant for me. This plant is also known as Box Holly, Sweet Broom, Knee Holly and these are much more normal for me.

Even though the name of this shrub is funny, Butcher’s Broom is being used in medical area in several ways and also young shoots are often treated as vegetable in many countries.

Leaves of Evergreen Maple

Evergreen Maple is something strange sound. This is one of few evergreen maple leaves. The origin of this maple is China. This maple grows a little bit slowly up to 9m (30feet) height and width and if planted in warm climate area, the leaves of this tree keep green even in winter season.

White and Red Confederate Rose

Again Confederate Rose flower photo. This time a little bit too dark? Sorry again.

Flowers of Crape Myrtle

This picture is Crape Myrtle. As I said in another post for Crape Myrtle, we call this plant as “Saru Suberi” in Japan because the tree surface is very smooth.

But the written name of this tree is “百日紅”; this means 100 days red because the flowering term of this plant is very long. We don’t write this plant name as “猿滑り (means monkey slip)”.

Sorry this explanation became a little bit complicated.

Leaves of Evergreen Spicewood

These leaves are Evergreen Spicewood.

Leaves of Evergreen Spicewood are dark green color and they are a little bit thick. This tree are known as herb for cancer. But I don’t know how to use this Spicewood as herb.