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If you sleep together the genus and species of this month ’s whodunit plant , you could win a gratis one - year subscription toFine Gardening . Send your entryway , along with your complete mailing address , by August 30 , 2009 to[email protected ] . The success will be chosen at random from all correct entrance .
Last calendar month ’s whodunit plant was sassafras ( Sassafras albidum ) , a North American native tree that spreads by chump and often forms bombastic dependency . The tree can grow to 80 feet tall and is stout in USDA Hardiness Zones 4 to 8 . It opt full sun to partial shade and moist , fertile , well - drained , acid soil . Sassafras is unique in that its leaves come in three unlike shape . In fall , sassafras foliage bend brilliant shades of sensationalistic , orangish , and crimson . All parts of the plant are aromatic , and reek like root beer . File powder , a traditional factor in gumbo , is made from ground sassafras leaves . Harold T. Kulp of Harrisburg , Pennsylvania , was chosen at random from all correct entry to get a gratis one - year subscription to hunky-dory horticulture . extolment , Harold !
“ Sassafras acquire all over around here in Northern Virginia . It ’s a wonderful tree , but can be a minute invasive . I like to make walk sticks and receive that the right size sassafras dug up with its master root integral make a nice homey spliff . ”-John E. Hunter , Lovettsville , Virginia
“ I learned to recognize this plant when I was work on my Tree badge for the Girl Scouts growing up in New York City . So even a metropolis girlfriend knows some things!”-Ann J. Docherty , Milford , Connecticut
“ When I was kid , I used the leave for play money ( $ 1s , $ 2s and $ 3s ) . After a hard day rid my bike through the Natalie Wood , this cowgirl would saunter into the bar and slap down some money for an iced tea . Ahhhhhh . I was rich!”–Karol ( and James ) Tortorelli , Kevil , Kentucky
“ class ago I was a nature counselor at a camp in Middleboro , Massachusetts . One time I took the kid on a rise and establish some Sassafras albidum . We ended up make up sassafras tea from some of the roots . Even the parting smelled good.-Kathy Grandmaison , Swansea , Massachusetts
“ I recognized this one right aside ! I love the interesting leaves . There is a plot of ground of this grow by the lake near my house.-Laura Mcdonald , Wayland , Massachusetts
“ A great plant . I used it to begin many a cookout fervour , in the rain , when I was a camp counselor . Also make great , though foggy , lemonade . ”-Susan Glidden , Battle Creek , Michigan
“ When I was a kid in Delaware we used to pull up the root , flake off back the barque , and chew on them . They smack better than they taste , but we made sassafras tea that was right and had its own sweetness . ”-Nancy Evans , Lincoln University , Pennsylvania
“ As a kid in Boy Scouts , I used to jab the tooth root and make afternoon tea . Good stuff . ”-Herbert Sparks , Charlotte , North Carolina
“ This is my son ’s preferent tree since his scout scout troop chance out you’re able to make “ root beer ” from its root word ! I love it for the mitten . ”-Carol F. Hall , Rockville , Maryland
“ The secret plant isSassafras albidumor “ mitten tree ” as it is known in our dwelling house . It was the first Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree my kids could identify by sight and smell!”-Linda Wurm , Waltham , Massachusetts
“ We have them all over our farm here in central KY ! I would love to bang what more to do with them ( teatime , etc).”-Beth Waldridge , Waddy , Kentucky
“ This has been my preferred Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree since I was a humble child growing up in tobacco plant nation in rural Maryland . ”-Mary Michaelis , Columbia Station , Ohio
“ Sassafras grows here in my yard . When I ’m lead walk for our Land Trust , I always show it to youngster , who get a kick out of the mitten foliage . ”-Laurene Gerrior , Rochester , Massachusetts
“ It is a aboriginal plant in our wooded area , and it is the only plant that can have three leaf bod at the same clip . One is oblong , one has a “ thumb ” and one has two “ thumb ” . Very interesting plant . I always point this out to visitors . ”-Cindy Lussier , Southampton , Massachusetts
“ It always makes me smile!”-Linda Myers , Cockeysville , Maryland
“ During my childhood my family would glean roots from the multitude of sassafras Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree that develop wild in the back fields of my parents prop , mainly to make sassafras tea leaf . ”-Ron Usilton , Camden - Wyoming , Delaware
“ Its leaves can develop with different numbers of lobes , so your exposure was swell ! It is native to North America and is famous for its astonishing fall colors : orange , pink , yellowish , red and even purple!”-Kath Holland , North Easton , Massachusetts
“ This is a familiar tree to us Marylanders!”-JoAnne Hildebrand , Port Republic , Maryland
“ I have one in my yard that is rather gnarled , and it does n’t have many branches , but its autumn show of yellow lighter the total interior of the back of my planetary house . ”-Rhetta Goebel , Lawrenceville , Georgia
“ Having grow up with this minor tree in our southerly timber and digging a few roots to seethe into sassafras tea on camping trips I recognized it by its unequaled leaves . ”-Jerry W. Weise , Mt. Pleasant , South Carolina
“ When I was growing up in Tennessee , many teacher order us that if we were camping and did not have our toothbrush , we could apply the frayed end of a sassafras subdivision . ”-Pam Sohn , Signal Mountain , Tennessee
“ I rise up in North Western Pennsylvania and we loved to make iced tea leaf from it!”-Jennifer Allen , Dunbarton , New Hampshire
“ When I was a kid , our course of study went to camp for a week . It was an data-based computer program , and all the fifth grader participate . course were like those in regular school day , only with an outdoor braid . For me , and most of my classmate , this was our first real experience with nature . In one class , we learned to key out plants . The sassafras was the first of these , and by far , my ducky . Not only are the leaves friendly and promiscuous to recognize , but the odour of the root and bark is wonderful . So any time I see sassafras , it reminds me of my introduction to the man of plant . Thanks for the smile . ”-Marina Cannon , Springfield , Missouri
“ There are beautiful stand of this industrial plant along the roadsides near my home . The fall colour is especially spectacular . I just wish it were easier to retrieve in garden centers . ”-Julie Finucane , Owosso , Michigan
“ I love this Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and have try transplant one from my uncle ’s farm in Grass Lake , Michigan , to no avail . It cue me of my childhood!”-Carol F. Wetzel , Traverse City , Michigan
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