Leatherwood - Dirca palustris Size:1 Gallon compact mound that stays neat

compact mound that stays neat and tidy through summer

and we believe it single handedly brought the perm back in style

deciduous twining vine with large fuzzy leaves

and wet soils

Leatherwood - Dirca palustris Size:1 Gallon compact mound that stays neatLeatherwood is an unusual and uncommonly encountered woodland plant perfect for the avid plant collector or shade gardener. Drooping yellow flowers hang like tinsel from the stems early in spring before bright green leaves emerge for the season, giving way to clear yellow fall color. Smooth grey brown bark on young twigs gives way to a wrinklier, greyer, older bark on lets call them more mature stems. Slow growing but long lived. The young stems are