Clethra barbinervis 25/4 Restock Joe shared the plant with

Joe shared the plant with Ted Stephens of Nurseries Caroliniana

which still comes back through a Zone 8 winter

and as a well-deserved treat for anyone inclined to help themselves to fruit that is not theirs

dense understory tree of eastern North America carries fine

Clematis crispa

Clethra barbinervis 25/4 Restock Joe shared the plant withThe 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