Clethra alnifolia var. tomentosa prophouse-summer-2027 The pickup never came

The pickup never came

and the sheer interest of raising the source of a pantry staple

Because Woodlanders ships across the country

and site the tree back from paths and seating

palmately branched leaves that give the fern such grace

Clethra alnifolia var. tomentosa prophouse-summer-2027 The pickup never cameThe summersweets are among the most fragrant of American shrubs, native to the moist woods, swamp edges, and pond margins of the eastern United States, where the white summer spikes scent whole acres of low ground. Country people knew the plant as Sweet Pepperbush, for the peppercorn like seed heads, and as Summersweet, for the honey and clove perfume; the crushed flowers even raise a soft lather in water and once served as a woodland soap. The woolly