Fuzzy Deutzia.

Deutzia scabra 'Flora Plena'.  This specimen  started life as a cutting from a friend's garden. It is over 13 foot (4 metres) high and covered with white flower panicles (middle picture) for about 3 weeks. It is nicknamed 'Fuzzy Deutzia' as flowers are like fluffy balls.  What's in a name?  J van der Deutz was the money man who financed planthunting and employed Thunberg (who had other flowers named after him). 'Scabra' means rough, after the bark (bottom picture) which cracks and peels. Flora plena means 'full flowered', that is double flowers rather than dingle petals. The first one was imported in 1822 by Robert Fortune from China. This specimen pictured is about 25 years old.