Sinojackia xylocarpa Low Stock where the plant asks little

where the plant asks little once established and holds a neat

and western Georgia

and the autumn fruit feeds deer

where children filled their pockets with the spiny burrs and the sweet

foamflower

Sinojackia xylocarpa Low Stock where the plant asks littleSinojackia xylocarpa is a rare flowering treasure from the hills of eastern China, a deciduous small tree or large shrub that few gardeners have ever met. Known as the jacktree, the species belongs to the storax family, Styracaceae, a close cousin of the snowbells and silverbells, and carries the same poetry of spring: pendant, bell shaped white flowers that dangle beneath arching branches like small antique lanterns swaying in a breeze. The botanical