Clethra pringlei Southeastern Native They take a little more

They take a little more sun than most maidenhairs without scorching

hardy well into the Southeast and unbothered by heat

One Green World in Oregon

for the record

as if dusted with stars

Clethra pringlei Southeastern Native They take a little moreMost of the summersweets drop their leaves and sleep through winter; Clethra pringlei keeps them. This Mexican member of the clan is a broad leaved evergreen, a large, slow growing shrub or small tree from the mountain woodlands of northeastern Mexico, and one of the more surprising plants in the genus for a gardener who knows only the deciduous American kinds. The Mexican clethra was brought into cultivation by the plant explorers at Yucca Do Nursery