American Beauties Native Plants®
Summer Sweet / Sweet Pepper Bush
Summer Sweet / Sweet Pepper Bush
Clethra alnifolia
50 in stock
Brand: American Beauties Native Plants®
Color: Summersweet
Features:
- For best results, plant in USDA Zone:4-8 - Mature size: 5-7ft H x 6-8ft W
- Plant is delivered in a #2 Size Container. It is fully rooted in the soil and can be planted immediately upon arrival, weather permitting.
- Easy to grow and very tolerant of wet soil. Deer resistant. Perfect for naturalizing in clumps in moist, shaded areas
- Shiny, deep green foliage fills the branches of this rounded shrub that features stem ending wands of incredibly fragrant, small white flowers in July and August. These flowers are prized by native pollinators and butterflies
- Native songbirds love the cover this plant provides along with nesting
Binding: Lawn & Patio
Details: CLETHRA ALNIFOLIA If there was ever a "must grow" native shrub, it is Clethra. The obvious reason would be for its incredibly scented white flower spikes that cover the plant in July, filling the area with their perfume and providing nectar for native butterflies and bees. The less obvious, but just as compelling, reasons are its ease of growth, its adaptability to very moist soils, its magnetic personality for attracting butterflies when in bloom, and its ability to provide essential shelter for birds. It does all that while looking great with its dense, spreading form, dark green foliage, and attractive yellow fall foliage color. Clethra is great for grouping, tolerates shade well, and is an American Beauties plant that will fulfill a diversity of landscape functions. This container size is exclusively offered to American Beauties program buyers. Grow Tips Best in full to part shade and moist soils.
Package Dimensions: 32.0 x 11.7 x 11.7 inches