25+ Clethra Alnifolia Hummingbird Summersweet

Avoid hot dry sites. It is a deciduous shrub growing to 1 5 3 m 4 ft 11 in 9 ft 10 in tall.

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Clethra alnifolia hummingbird summersweet

The latin name for summersweet is clethra alnifolia. Zones are based on the lowest average temperature an area is expected to receive during the winter. Fertilize before new growth begins in early spring.

Prune annually in late winter to promote vigorous new growth. Full sun 6 hours part sun 4 6 hours full shade up to 4 hours. Clethra alnifolia the coastal sweetpepperbush or summersweet is a species of flowering plant in the genus clethra of the family clethraceae native to eastern north america from southern nova scotia and maine south to northern florida and west to eastern texas.

Its attractive dark green foliage takes on a yellow to orange color in autumn making this plant even more spectacular. Summersweet plant clethra alnifolia also known as pepper bush is an ornamental shrub with spikes of spicy smelling white flowers. The spicy sweet fragrance of hummingbird summersweet clethra alnifolia hummingbird or sweet pepperbush will draw you outdoors even in the heat of midsummer when you plant the shrub near a porch or deck.

Gloriously fragrant clethra alnifolia summersweet is a slowly spreading densely branched deciduous shrub boasting bottlebrush spikes of extremely fragrant white flowers in mid to late summer. Lasting about for 4 6 weeks the blossoms open from bottom to top. The glossy dark green foliage turns golden yellow in fall.

Opening from bottom to top they are very attractive to bees butterflies and other pollinators at a time of the year when there s not a wealth of nectars to choose from. This deciduous shrub suitable for u s. Very effective in mass plantings mixed borders and along foundations.

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