Stauntonia hexaphylla prophouse-on-the-horizon while Punica points back to

while Punica points back to Carthage and the Punic peoples through whom Rome first knew the fruit

takes happily to a large container that can shelter under cover at the cold edge of the range

meaning every garden plant of the species today is a clone of clones

and the season's first hummingbirds to the sweetly scented trusses

Stauntonia hexaphylla prophouse-on-the-horizon while Punica points back toStauntonia 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,