Prunus americana 26/7 Restock the spiny leaves valued for

the spiny leaves valued for protection much as true holly is in the West

and wood finishes

In late winter and early spring the vine bursts into wide clusters of small

Every so often a plant arrives not from a breeder's bench but from a neighbor's yard

Prunus americana 26/7 Restock the spiny leaves valued forBefore European settlement reshaped the eastern landscape, Prunus americana was a fixture at the forest edge: thicket forming, thorny, and extravagantly beautiful in early spring when the plum covered itself in white flowers before the leaves had even stirred. The Lakota knew the plum as kata, the Cherokee as gunasdv, and across dozens of nations from the Great Plains to the Appalachians the tree was considered a plant of genuine importance. The