Clethra fargesii 24/11 Restock Dainty pink-lilac flowers open along

Dainty pink-lilac flowers open along the stems in summer

The golden-yellow globes swell to nearly four inches across

Round to gently obovate

The genus honors Solomon White Conrad

In late summer come vibrant

Clethra fargesii 24/11 Restock Dainty pink-lilac flowers open alongClethra fargesii is the Chinese cousin of our native summersweets, a graceful deciduous shrub from the mountain woodlands of central and western China, gathered and named for the French missionary botanist Paul Farges. Kin to the better known Clethra barbinervis, the Chinese clethra stays a little shorter and carries dark, glossy green leaves, broadest through the middle and sharply toothed, that color bronze red to maroon before they fall. The