In article 29Z7c.75841$po.630486@attbi_s52, "Pam - gardengal"
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"Stephen M. Henning" wrote:

(paghat) wrote:

1) Trumpets are singles, a bit more than one-inch each, in small
trusses
of two or four trumpets
2) Early flowering (late March & early April)
3) Small elongated evergreen leaves
4) Shrub has upright habit, open, semi-dwarf (it's four feet tall, but
is
probably no less than 15 years old)
5) Doesn't show very well in this photo, but the very tippy-tip of
each
anther is magenta-pink.
6) Fluffy buds are greenish white but open pure white & just slightly
wrinkly.

This sounds like a PJM.

This shrub turns neither maroon nor coppery in winter, but stays green.
"PJM White" also starts with a pinkish bud that opens white instead of a
greenish white bud that opens white. It does somewhat resemble a
small-leaf Mezzitt of some kind, but I may have to resign myself to never
knowing exactly what it is, too few distinguishing factors other than
blooming a bit earlier than most smaller leafed white trumpet-singles.

-paghat

Could it be 'Snow Lady'? It fits all your descriptors, but was difficult to
find a good photo on the web. Try a google image search and see how close it
might be. FWIW, mine, now in bloom, looks very much like yours - single
white trumpets in loose groupings of 1-4 or 5, a compact but open form and
smallish leaves.

pam - gardengal

That certainly seems to be it. Thanks so much! Maybe it shouldn't be so
important to name these things since they're just as lovely either way,
but I love to know the specifics so I can look up hybrid histories &
envision environments around the world for a hybrid shrub's heritage.
"Snow Lady" for instance is half a high-mountain shrub of Yunnan China; I
like knowing that about it.

-paghat

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