Itea virginica ‘Sarah Eve’ Canopy Trees and the erect

and the erect

sweet scent that draws bees and butterflies

with glossy

sending up reddish-brown stems clothed in small

In Greek myth the laurel was born of unrequited love

Itea virginica ‘Sarah Eve’ Canopy Trees and the erectItea virginica, the Virginia sweetspire, is a native shrub of eastern wetlands and streambanks, grown for arching, fragrant white flower spikes in early summer and brilliant fall color. 'Sarah Eve' is the exception in the family, the first pink sweetspire: the small flowers are essentially white, but they are carried on rosy pink pedicels that tint the whole arching raceme a soft, distinctive pale pink, a color no other Itea offers. The pink flushed