Clethra barbinervis 25/4 Restock which still comes back through

which still comes back through a Zone 8 winter

sweetly fragrant white flowers

Joe shared the plant with Ted Stephens of Nurseries Caroliniana

The species epithet ludoviciana means "of Louisiana

and because she has the particular bone structure of a real cultivar

Clethra barbinervis 25/4 Restock which still comes back throughThe Japanese clethra is grown for bark as much as bloom. Clethra barbinervis is a tall, tree like deciduous shrub or small tree from the mountains of Japan and Korea, carrying somewhat fragrant terminal racemes of white flowers in summer, in the same sweet scented family as the native summersweets. But the real distinction is the bark: smooth and polished, gray to warm brown, and exfoliating in age to a handsome patchwork that makes this one of the