New Jersey tea
noun
New Jer·sey tea
nü-ˈjər-zē- 
nyü-
: a low deciduous shrub (Ceanothus americanus) of the buckthorn family that is found in the eastern U.S. and has dull green leaves and small white flowers borne in large terminal panicles
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Other good plants include Jacob’s ladder, wild strawberry, wild geranium, chokecherry, prairie phlox, golden Alexander, New Jersey tea, cherry trees, dogwoods, blueberry, elderberry, willow and hackberry trees.
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Jennifer Rude Klett, Journal Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2023
Shrubs include spicebush, blueberry, viburnum, New Jersey tea, meadowsweet spirea and dogwood (redosier, silky, gray, and pagoda).
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2022
Her design features the nodding petals of Campanula divaricata (bellflower), the white puffs of Ceanothus americanus (New Jersey tea), and the purple stars of Aquilegia vulgaris (columbine).
—Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2021
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Jennifer Rude Klett, Journal Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2023
Shrubs include spicebush, blueberry, viburnum, New Jersey tea, meadowsweet spirea and dogwood (redosier, silky, gray, and pagoda).
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2022
Her design features the nodding petals of Campanula divaricata (bellflower), the white puffs of Ceanothus americanus (New Jersey tea), and the purple stars of Aquilegia vulgaris (columbine).
—Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2021
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“New Jersey tea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/New%20Jersey%20tea. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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