23+ Summersweet Clethra Hummingbird

A profusion of fragrant white flower spikes attract butterflies. Effective in mass mixed into perennial borders or along foundations.

Tidewater Times May 2019 By Tidewater Times Issuu

Summersweet clethra hummingbird

This cultivar retains a more compact mounding shape and is more floriferous than the species clethra alnifolia. A wide variety of butterflies and songbirds are attracted to summersweet clethra for its nectar and seeds. Clethra alnifolia hummingbird summersweet is a gorgeous compact slowly spreading deciduous shrub which features bottlebrush spikes of extremely fragrant white flowers which bloom for 4 6 weeks in mid to late summer.

Home plant catalog hummingbird summersweet. Hummingbird summersweet is derived from the deciduous shrub native to the eastern u. Hummingbird summersweet clethra 3 gallon pot bearing an abundance of upright spikes covered in fragrant clove scented creamy white flowers for up to six weeks during the hottest part of summer and a favorite of hummingbirds butterflies and other pollinating insects hummingbird clethra commonly called summersweet is an exceptionally versatile hardy and easy to grow north american native shrub.

Compact habit is excellent for small gardens. Hummingbird summersweet clethra alnifolia hummingbird sku 2752. Hummingbird is a compact slowly spreading deciduous shrub which typically grows only 3 4 tall.

Its name is based on the prolific fragrant white flowers that appear at the height of summer and attract butterflies and hummingbirds. Hummingbird summersweet clethra alnifolia hummingbird. Native to the eastern united states it has lustrous green leaves in the spring spiky white or pink fragrant flowers during the summer golden yellow leaves in the fall and interesting delicate dried seed capsules in winter to provide exceptional four season interest.

When planted right and in the right spot clethra also called summersweet or sweet pepperbush are very easy to grow. 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. Grows well in wet areas.

Plant Inventory At 20 Timothy Clethra Alnifolia Summersweet