Elliottia racemosa prophouse-summer-2027 Lyon did not have long

Lyon did not have long to enjoy the honor

cloud-like quality to a planting

either a delight or a caveat depending on attachment to the fruit display

and the selection has proved hardier

Elliottia racemosa prophouse-summer-2027 Lyon did not have longElliottia racemosa, the Georgia plume, is one of the rarest and most coveted of all southeastern native plants, a deciduous shrub or small tree that lifts great feathery plumes of white flowers in the heat of summer. First found by the naturalist William Bartram in 1775 and named for the botanist Stephen Elliott, this member of the heath family grows wild in only a scattering of Georgia localities and almost nowhere else on earth. To grow one is to