 |
| A few years back, we passed out these Clethra shrub flowers at the oncology clinic: the staff enjoyed the fragrance. |
Blocking the biggest window seemed to be a mistake, so I slid the coffee table to an empty space where the hide-a-bed served no purpose. Charlie Sue immediately jumped up onto to the e-z chair (and me) to begin studying the birds.
Slight changes in the garden are remarkable. The birds, squirrels, and butterflies paid very little attention to one another - or us. A young rabbit wandered casually by the Clethra bush and came back home. All it took was the safe haven for us and a couple of bird feeding stations for anything that moved.
Charlie Sue's PARK aimed at selling plants, but that did not work for them. I read about Clethra and learned how interesting it is - sending out Cinnabon aromas. The original bush is so robust now that it hosts a number of birds, hummingbirds, and insects. Clethra also sprouts ways to multiple the original plant, dividing them in the fall. I will have five of them in the rose garden, since no contraption can equal the attraction of God's Creation inviting places to rest, feed, and mate.
