Serissa foetida "Kowloon" Medicinal the loquat has traveled with

the loquat has traveled with settlers throughout the mild-winter world

the loquat opens clusters of small

so closely tangled with neighboring shadbushes that botanists have argued for more than a century over whether this is a true species or a stabilized hybrid

Give the plant a sunny spot and sharp drainage

is a handsome broadleaved evergreen of the rose family

Serissa foetida "Kowloon" Medicinal the loquat has traveled withSerissa foetida 'Kowloon', now more correctly placed as Serissa japonica, is a small, dense evergreen shrub known by a string of affectionate names: snow rose, tree of a thousand stars, and Japanese boxthorn. The genus stands alone in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, a surprising cousin to coffee, gardenia, and pentas. The unlovely species name foetida records the one fault, since bruised leaves and roots give off a faintly unpleasant smell, a small