Reeser Manley
 Black chokeberries provide beauty and nutritionSaturday, May 03, 2008 I recall lecturing to a woody plants class about chokeberries, native shrubs with fruits supposedly so astringent that they are shunned by the birds, hence the common name. |
Local gardens, woodlands lush with spring-flowering cherries Saturday, April 26, 2008 After the red of early maple flowers and the soft grey-green of aspen tassels, a chronological blooming of white-flowered native trees and shrubs begins. |
 Blooming of these small trees evocative of Maine's pastSaturday, April 19, 2008 It was just this past week, on Tuesday, when the shadblow serviceberries around Eastport signaled the true arrival of spring, the loosening of winter’s grip on their pointed buds. |