Stauntonia hexaphylla prophouse-on-the-horizon softly tapered and gently arching

softly tapered and gently arching

well-drained soil that never dries out

It is native to Argentina

and the season's first hummingbirds to the sweetly scented trusses

while Punica points back to Carthage and the Punic peoples through whom Rome first knew the fruit

Stauntonia hexaphylla prophouse-on-the-horizon softly tapered and gently archingStauntonia hexaphylla is a handsome, vigorous evergreen climber from the woodlands of Japan, Korea, and China, grown as much for glossy year round foliage as for the famous fruit. The palmate leaves are cut into five to seven leathery, dark green leaflets, held on a strong, twining vine that clothes a support densely from top to bottom. A member of the Lardizabalaceae, Stauntonia counts Akebia, the chocolate vine, and Decaisnea, the blue sausage tree,