What follows bulbs
Antennaria@aol.com (Tue, 17 Aug 2004 19:56:47 PDT)

Arnold Trachtenberg arnold@nj.rr.com writes:
correction sourwood?

http://www.plantbuzz.com/buzz/shrub_rings_3a.jpg
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Yes, the photo #3 showing the tree ring is around the base of a sourwood
tree, or Oxydendron arboreum, one of the finest slow-growing eastern USA native
trees... it's a member of the Ericaceae, with lily-of-the-valley like flowers,
or perhaps like an Andromedia or Pieris, but in tree form.

Mark McDonough Pepperell, Massachusetts, United States
antennaria@aol.com "New England" USDA Zone 5
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