Hypericum kalmianum David Geiger somewhere in the years that

somewhere in the years that followed

and that second word opens onto two thousand years of history

is the Chinese holly

the long branches pinned flat into a living tracery of changeable leaves

Citrus maxima

Hypericum kalmianum David Geiger somewhere in the years thatHypericum kalmianum is the tidy, cold hardy member of the clan, a compact rounded shrub barely knee high, densely branched, with narrow bluish green leaves set in pairs along curiously four angled stems. From July into September the plant disappears under bright golden flowers, each a shallow cup filled with a full boss of stamens, the bloom arriving in the heat of summer when the color is most welcome. The name honors Pehr Kalm, the Finnish Swedish