THE HOLIDAY DECORATING BEGINS
THE CRITICS(LUCKY:I ONLY WORK FOR FOOD)
SNOWBERRIES
SYMPHICARPOS ALBATuesday, 8:00 AM. 30 degrees, wind NNW, light. The channel is dimpled, the sky overcast but the barometer predicts sunshine.
Lucky, Joan and I trimmed the Colarado blue spruce tree in the front yard yesterday afternoon and I am pleased with the result. No lights, just glass ornaments and a big red bow.
The snowberry bushes (Smphoricarpos alba) are growing on the corner of Fourth and Manypenny. Snowberry is a northern North American species, found on gravely banks and other calcareous waste places. Preferring partial shade, they are a good naturalizing shrub, planted especially for their attractive white berries, which are good wildlife food. A decoction of the roots was used pretty extensively by Native Americans as a wash for skin ailments.
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