South Europe, 1596. A well-known and valuable garden shrub, of from 6 feet to 10 feet high, with ovate and Serrulated leaves, and pretty racemes of white or yellowish-white, fragrant flowers.
"Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs"
A. D. Webster
South Europe, 1597. This is a compact-growing and exceedingly ornamental shrub, with bright and shining, ovate-Serrulated leaves.
"Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs"
A. D. Webster
There are other valuable-flowering kinds, such as S. capitata, with ovate leaves and white flowers; S. pikowiensis, a rare species with white flowers; S. cuneifolia, with wedge-shaped leaves and panicles of pretty white flowers; and S. vacciniaefolia, a dwarf-growing species, with small ovate, Serrulated leaves, and showy, pure white flowers.
"Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs"
A. D. Webster