Machilus thunbergii Small & Medium Shrubs The zigzag stems

The zigzag stems

Citrus 'Rusk' dates to 1897

and neglect

shade borders

tubular flowers open in a cool violet-blue from spring through fall

Machilus thunbergii Small & Medium Shrubs The zigzag stemsThe Lauraceae is an underappreciated family. Its members include cinnamon, camphor, bay laurel, and the avocado, which gives you some sense of the range of things the family has contributed to human civilization. Machilus thunbergii is another member in good standing, though these trees arrive in the Western garden with considerably less fanfare than their relatives. In East Asia they are well known: a coastal evergreen tree native to Japan, Korea,