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Summersweet Ruby Spice 2G
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Common Name: Summersweet ‘Ruby Spice’
Latin Name: Clethra alnifolia 'ruby spice’
Sun, Pt.Shade
Zone: 3
Height: 1.5 m
Width: 1.75 m
Special Features: Pink blooms mid-Summer, Fragrant, Attracts butterflies, Tolerates wet sites, Compact, Native, Salt tolerant
Description:
Fragrant blush pink panicles of perfect florets are magnets to butterflies. It blooms mid-Summer when many other shrubs are done flowering. Seed heads persist through the Winter into the next season. The leaves are late to emerge in Spring, so patience is needed before pruning, as you might think it has died. These lustrous green leaves turn yellow in the Fall. Compact habit makes it good for small gardens and the fragrance is outstanding.
Summersweet blooms on current season's growth, so any pruning needed should be done early Spring, but this is a slow grower, therefore never prune back very hard. Summersweet grows best in moist, humus-rich, slightly acidic, well-drained soil. It cannot tolerate hot, dry sites.