When we bought this house my parents walked around and my dad said “Oh you have some sneeze weed.” My dad also referred to it as Arrowwood. The bush has been blooming for a really long time. Well I finally got around to taking some pictures of it. I wanted to make sure it was really called Arrowwood before I posted. All the pictures I found online weren’t quite right as the blooms were wrong. Finally I found someone who had a picture of it. They referred to it being called Arrowwood sometimes but gave a Latin name. After looking up the Latin name I was then bombarded with the bush that I was looking for. It seems as if this bush is more commonly known as Cream Bush or Ocean Spray.

I think it’s really pretty and am impressed with how long it has been blooming. It almost reminds me of a bridal tree in that I could see someone getting married under it. I haven’t noticed being affected by the pollen so maybe Lee and I won’t have to call it “sneeze weed” like my dad.

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