Castanea pumila Richard Lynch and as a well-deserved treat

and as a well-deserved treat for anyone inclined to help themselves to fruit that is not theirs

and edged crisply in white

pink bottlebrush spikes freely in midsummer

a hybrid of Camellia reticulata and Camellia fraterna

and you will likely find the fronds growing sideways out of a crevice as if that were the most natural thing in the world

Castanea pumila Richard Lynch and as a well-deserved treatCastanea pumila, the American chinquapin or Allegheny chinkapin, is a deciduous large shrub or small tree native to the eastern and southeastern United States. Long admired by rural foragers and old time orchardists, this relatively rare native once flourished across the South, where children filled their pockets with the spiny burrs and the sweet, nutty treasure inside. Resembling the better known cousin, the American chestnut (Castanea dentata), the