Prunus americana 26/7 Restock drawing so many bees that

drawing so many bees that saw palmetto honey is a prized regional crop

or a quiet evergreen backbone among deciduous companions

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

Unlike the showy bearded irises that swept Victorian horticulture

Prunus americana 26/7 Restock drawing so many bees thatBefore 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