Partridgeberry - Mitchella repens Fall Color the Morris Burton Persimmon is

the Morris Burton Persimmon is an easy-to-grow stand-out that provides year-round beauty and food for both humans and animals alike

And even more than that

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'Athens' has unique large greenish yellow flowers and is reliably fragrant

Partridgeberry - Mitchella repens Fall Color the Morris Burton Persimmon isThis short and sweet cutie patootie is a mat forming, ultra low growing shrub (yes, a shrub!) found in woodlands all over eastern North America. Partridgeberry has so many admirable qualities, from its lustrous, evergreen foliage with white veining to its pairs of fragrant, fuzzy flowers to its large red berries, prized by wildlife and persistent through winter. This is not an aggressive groundcover to outcompete your pesky non native pachysandra, but