Hypericum kalmianum David Geiger Citrus maxima

Citrus maxima

then turned that same restless curatorial instinct on camellias late in life

is the Chinese holly

Slugs and deer both admire hostas

and that second word opens onto two thousand years of history

Hypericum kalmianum David Geiger Citrus maximaHypericum kalmianum is the tidy, cold hardy member of the clan, a compact rounded shrub barely knee high, densely branched, with narrow bluish green leaves set in pairs along curiously four angled stems. From July into September the plant disappears under bright golden flowers, each a shallow cup filled with a full boss of stamens, the bloom arriving in the heat of summer when the color is most welcome. The name honors Pehr Kalm, the Finnish Swedish