Exbucklandia populnea Fragrant Brush past them on the

Brush past them on the way to somewhere else and the whole border goes to mint

floodplains

The species is grown as much for bark and fruit as for bloom

holding leaves as far north as USDA zone five where most broadleaf evergreens fail

Exbucklandia populnea Fragrant Brush past them on theExbucklandia populnea is a rare evergreen tree that fools nearly everyone who meets it. The large, glossy, leathery leaves, sometimes shallowly three lobed and carried on long stalks, look for all the world like those of a tulip poplar, yet the tree belongs to the witch hazel family, a kinship few would ever guess. Bold and architectural, with bronze red new growth and curious upright stipules capping each shoot, this is a foliage tree of real