Parrotia subaequalis prophouse-fall-2027 softening the edge of a

softening the edge of a shaded bed

and deer will leave the foliage alone

A gentle caution worth noting: the leaves and berries contain compounds that can cause stomach upset if eaten

As with all wild azaleas

Parrotia subaequalis prophouse-fall-2027 softening the edge of aFor most of botanical history the genus Parrotia was thought to hold a single species, the Persian ironwood (Parrotia persica) of the Caspian forests. Then came a small Chinese tree with a long and tangled paper trail. A fruiting specimen gathered in Jiangsu Province in 1935 sat in a herbarium drawer until 1960, when the botanist H. T. Chang described the specimen as a witch hazel under the name Hamamelis subaequalis. The living tree, meanwhile, had