Cassia corymbosa prophouse-summer-2027 and hummingbirds work the flowers

and hummingbirds work the flowers steadily

in part because the more marketable timber trees around the water hickory have so often been logged out

the red lime

and a fascinating backstory

well-kept plant will produce tea for a hundred years

Cassia corymbosa prophouse-summer-2027 and hummingbirds work the flowersSeptember is a difficult month to write for. The garden is still technically in summer, but the light has shifted, lower and more golden, arriving at an angle that changes everything it touches. Cassia corymbosa reads that shift and answers it. While most summer shrubs are winding down, this one is only beginning, throwing dense corymbs of deep golden yellow flowers at the branch tips with an enthusiasm that seems almost contrarian for the season.