Lyonia lucida

Fetterbush is an arching and sprawling shrub that typically matures to 3-6’ tall and as wide, but can reach 10-15’ tall in optimum growing conditions. Common name is in reference to its dense sprawling growth habit which fetters (impedes) human/animal traffic when growing in thickets. It has small, sweetly fragrant, white bell-shaped flowers (each to 1/ 4” long) which bloom in clusters (to 10-15 flowers per cluster) in late winter to early spring on wood of the previous year.  (Courtesy of Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder)