Bejaria (Befaria) racemosa 25/1 Restock and quietly treasured wherever a

and quietly treasured wherever a good specimen takes hold

nodding flowers open through late spring and summer

the Eustis limequat stands among the first successful intergeneric citrus hybrids

a pale yellow-flowered selection shared by Joann Breland of Charleston

so the plant reads as both delicate and durable: pollinators come for the spring nectar

Bejaria (Befaria) racemosa 25/1 Restock and quietly treasured wherever aBejaria racemosa, the tarflower, is one of the odd and lovely surprises of the Florida scrub, a heath family shrub that looks nothing like the rest of the clan. Where blueberries and azaleas carry small, fused, bell shaped blooms, tarflower opens wide flowers of seven separate petals, white to soft pink and sweetly fragrant, held in loose summer racemes. The genus honors the eighteenth century Spanish botanist Jose Bejar, and though older books spell