By Gary Gragg
Contra Costa Times correspondent
"WITH ITS broad-leaved, evergreen foliage, shiny red bark, pink urn-shaped flowers, festive multicolored fruit of orange and yellow, and crooked maroon trunk, it is arguably the most beautiful tree in the world. But it doesn't hail from some a far off exotic land or tropical isle.
No, it's simply our native and under-appreciated Pacific madrone."
Read more here. At the end of the article is some useful information about transplanting madrone.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
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