Clethra

(non-European) American genus Clethra, that is found in Madeira and

More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 Charles Darwin 1845

I had Clethra shrubs last year that I swore were dead and about to pull up when lo and behold just a little more warmth and they had leafed out, strong as ever.

Spring into action, gardeners! 2011

Japanese clethra Clethra barbinervis and anise magnolia Magnolia salicifolia are common decorative understorey trees.

Shirakami-sanchi (Shirakami mountains), Japan 2009

Above 950 m, there is a community of deciduous broad-leaved trees, bushes and herbs, including Clethra faberi, Platycarya strobilacea, Lespedeza bicolor, Quercus spinosa and Rosa henryi.

Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area, China 2009

Moist montane rainforest is found from 2,300 m to 3,600 m and comprises species such as Alnus acuminata, Lomatia hirsuta (IK), Randia boliviana (IK) and Clethra cuneata (IK).

Rio Abiseo National Park, Peru 2008

Associated species are shrubs such as Ilex, Viburnum, Clethra, and a tall bilberry (Vaccinium cylindraceum) that has showy, dark pink flowers.

Azores temperate mixed forests 2008

Some of the remaining forests include Quercus spp. and Pinus oocarpa with other species like Cedrella mexicana, Clethra vulcanicola, Permymenium spp. and Nectandra sinuata.

Central American pine-oak forests 2007

Sweet Pepper _Clethra_ 3-10 ft. White Moist soil or sandy.

The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. Ellen Eddy Shaw

Not far away the sweet breath of the white-spiked Clethra comes at the same season, and one cannot but wonder why these two bushes, which are so beautiful when most garden shrubbery is out of flower, should be left to waste their sweetness, if not on desert air exactly, on air that blows far from the homes of men.

Wild Flowers Worth Knowing Neltje Blanchan 1891

It will be seen that the leaves of the sumach, sweet-gum, myrtle, blackberry, Clethra tomentosa and Andromeda nitida (both abundant in our damp pine barrens, along the margin of ponds), and the fruit of the unripe persimmon, contain the largest amounts of tannin, and perhaps gallic acid.

Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs 1863