took notice
leatherwood offers early flowers
while Punica points back to Carthage and the Punic peoples through whom Rome first knew the fruit
It is native to Argentina
pairs beautifully with ferns
Stauntonia hexaphylla prophouse-on-the-horizon took noticeStauntonia hexaphylla is a handsome, vigorous evergreen climber from the woodlands of Japan, Korea, and China, grown as much for glossy year round foliage as for the famous fruit. The palmate leaves are cut into five to seven leathery, dark green leaflets, held on a strong, twining vine that clothes a support densely from top to bottom. A member of the Lardizabalaceae, Stauntonia counts Akebia, the chocolate vine, and Decaisnea, the blue sausage tree,