Phoebe chekiangensis Burkwood & Skipwith within about fifty feet of

within about fifty feet of the female winterberries meant to fruit

where they open in the warmth and fill a house with perfume

the plant began as a cross between two different genera

Where most hostas hang their bells to one side of the stem

and on female plants such as this one bright red berries glow against the foliage through fall and into winter

Phoebe chekiangensis Burkwood & Skipwith within about fifty feet ofPhoebe chekiangensis is one of a group of Chinese evergreens that could give the American South a whole new kind of shade tree. Upright and clean limbed, the tree carries dense, leathery, dark green leaves much like those of the related redbay, glossy and handsome the year round, and grows at a steady pace into a small to medium tree of real presence. The plant belongs to Lauraceae, the laurel family, close kin to Persea, the avocado and the native