Chionanthus

* The fruit can be used as a pickle like olives. The fruit is up to 18mm long, it has a thin pulp and contains 1 - 3 rounded seeds. * Grown for its masses of glorious, delicate, white, slightly fragrant flowers in May; of open, spreading habit; native...

* The fruit can be used as a pickle like olives. The fruit is up to 18mm long, it has a thin pulp and contains 1 - 3 rounded seeds. * Grown for its masses of glorious, delicate, white, slightly fragrant flowers in May; of open, spreading habit; native...

The fruit of the common persimmon is edible and sweet when fully ripe. North Carolina has many native flowering trees growing in its forests and other areas throughout its diverse regions.

It's a native and is fairly self-sufficient. ( Read here about how the flowers can be used as an anti-viral. ) Summersweet ( Clethra alnifolia ) A shrub with white elongated flower clusters, it's sweetly fragranced and attractive to bees and butterflies.

Most sweetbay magnolia trees are multi-stemmed and produce flowers heavily in early spring and then sporadically through the summer. White Fringetree ( Chionanthus virginicus ) Although the Chinese variety of this tree is more common in our local nursery...