Chionanthus retusus Bob McCartney and upset stomach

and upset stomach

and freely produced against the dark leaves in early spring

Spanish jasmine wants warmth

and is grown across the tropics both as an ornamental and

borne in clusters from the upper leaf axils and unfurling in succession from early summer until the first frost

Chionanthus retusus Bob McCartney and upset stomachFor a week or two in late spring, the Chinese fringetree vanishes under what looks like a fresh fall of snow. Chionanthus retusus is a deciduous small tree of eastern Asia, native across China, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan, and the whole performance turns on the flowering: dense, lacy panicles of narrow, strap shaped petals, pure white and softly fragrant, break over the entire canopy until the leaves all but disappear beneath the froth. The genus name