Tiny leaves, even smaller flowers
Most people associate Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens) with Fall, glass bowls, and red ripe shiny berries. That is when it is probably most easily recognized. In the late spring, however, this low creeping plant produces pink or white flowers at the tips of branches. The dark green evergreen leaves are shiny and rounded. The scent of the flowers on a Partridgeberry mat on a warm sunny day is a delight, but be careful – bees like them, too.
