I bought this bush in Charlotte several years ago. Ann and I were wandering around. Not really shopping. But, open to the possibility of finding something interesting to take home with us. And this odd plant with lots of fuzzy cluster flowers and no leaves grabbed my attention and came home with me.

It blooms at the end of winter and smells divine. It’s very much a sign of impending Spring.

After that, it’s just a big green lump until it drops its leaves in Autumn.

The display when mine blooms next to the ‘Yuletide’ camellia (which insists on blooming in February despite its name) rocks my socks.