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A North American Guide to Hollies
Woodlanders Botanicals • Design Field Guide History, design logic, and the Woodlanders legacy—how to choose the right holly, and how to make it speak in the landscape. Hollies are not...
Watchers of the Waterways: The History of North America's Willows
In the hush of Southern dusk, where the last ribbons of gold slip off the water and vanish behind the cypress knees, the willow waits. She leans—always leans—toward the current,...
A Journey Through the Hypericum Genus
The name “St. John’s Wort” conjures images of golden summer blooms and herbal remedies meant to lift the spirit. Yet, behind this familiar name lies the expansive Hypericum genus, encompassing over...
The Wild Blueberries of the South
"In the leanest sandhill or beneath the pine’s green hush, there grows a shrub that asks little, gives much, and remembers a time before concrete and imported ornament. That shrub...
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