![]() 'Crystalinia', 'Hummingbird', 'Paniculata', 'Pinkspire', 'Rosea', 'Ruby Spice', 'Ruby Spice', 'September Beauty', 'Sherry Sue', 'Sixteen Candles', 'White Doves' Profile Video: See this plant in the following landscape: Foundation Planting- West Side of House Cultivars / Varieties:ĭarkest of the pink flowered cultivars, holds its color even in coastal sites. VIDEO: Part of the Native Plant Picks series from the North Carolina Sea Grant led Coastal Landscapes Initiative.Īdditional video on Clethra alnifolia by Andy Pulte for “Landscape Plant Identification, Taxonomy and Morphology” a plant identification course offered by the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee. When planted in the proper site, it is insect- and disease-resistant. ![]() Insects, Diseases, or Other Plant Problems: Spider mites may be a concern in dry conditions. When grown in conditions similar to its native habitat, it will produce suckers and eventually form small thickets. It is a good bee plant and the flowers are very aromatic. Dormant plants are hardy to about -22 degrees F (-30° C.). It tolerates full sun to partial shade, but will not tolerate a hot, dry site. ![]() It prefers moist, sometimes wet, acidic soil with organic material and tolerates short periods of drought and flooding once established. This shrub is often grown as a screen, or as a specimen, on in groupings as a border. Sweet Pepperbush is unique among flowering shrubs because it blooms in shady locations in late summer when few other shrubs are in bloom. The shrub produces a brown, dry capsule that matures in the fall and provides seed to birds during the winter. The flowers produce high quality nectar and pollen that supports hummingbirds, butterflies, bees and other pollinators. Small, white flowers occurring in dense clusters on long 3 to 6 inch terminal spikes mature in late summer. The leaves are alternate with a finely toothed margin. In the wild, it is often found in swamps, damp thickets, and sandy woods. It is native to eastern North America from Maine south to Florida and west to Texas. Sweet pepperbush, is a deciduous shrub in the Clethraceae family. Phonetic Spelling KLETH-rah al-nih-FOH-lee-ah Description
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