Hello Gardeners, I’m Amanda McNulty with Clemson Extension and Making It Grow. While searching for bog plants, I’ve come across swamp buckthorn, Sideroxylon thornei. This is a tardily deciduous small tree, meaning it looses its leaves late in the year right before it leafs out again. It has fragrant flowers that attract pollinators – and since its monoecious, any plant I get will have small fruits that many wild animals, birds included, enjoy. It is a craggy character as it has fast primary