SNOWBERRY

SNOW BERRY: UNUSUAL BLUE-GREEN LEAF COLOR...

...LARGE BUNCHES BUNCHES OF TERMINAL WHITE BERRIES

Tuesday, 8:30 AM.  60 degrees F both thermometers.  Wind variable and calm, the sky clearing.  The humidity is 69%, the barometer 29.99" and falling.  The chance of a thunderstorm is still predicted for this afternoon.

   Joan and I are going to Duluth today for a visit to her eye doctor.  I will have to drive back, the first trip of any distance since I hurt my arm.  We will have a chance to see the developing fall color along the lake.

   Snow berry, Symphocarpus albus, in the Honeysuckle Family, is a shrub native to the northern half of  North America, in cool, damp, acidic habitats such as rock outcroppings.  It has rather insignificant pink flowers, but its blue green leaves and white berries in fall make it an attractive landscape plant.  It spreads readily by stolons and is useful in restoration projects.  The berries are an important wild life food but you would not like their taste, which is extremely bitter.

BE SURE TO WATCH THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES TONIGHT!