Virginia Willow( Itea virginica)
These flowering shrubs may be seen from the boardwalk behind the Weeks Bay Interpretive Center, and from the new river extension to the Kurt G Wintermeyer Nature Trail on County Road 17. The white or occasionally pink flowers make Itea a prized native ornamental shrub. This beautiful drawing of Virginia Willow is courtesy of wildflower and native plant artist Jill McArthur.