Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice', 2018 photo
"Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice', 2018 photo, Summersweet, , USDA Hardiness Zone 4, 2-6 in. fragrant deep rose-pink bottlebrush panicles, Michigan Bloom Month 7-8, In Garden Bed S1 a75 for 5.3 YEARS (Jung). Planted in 2013.
Blooms in late summer. Discovered in 1992, sport of Clethra alnifolia ‘Pink Spire’. Densely-branched, rounded, suckering, deciduous shrub. Narrow, cylindrical, bottlebrush-like, terminal panicles (racemes to 6” long) of flowers that bloom on current year’s growth for ~ 4-6 weeks in July and August. Planted in 2013, did not flower in 2014. Not much growth yet, July 2015.
Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice', 2018 photo
"Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice', 2018 photo, Summersweet, , USDA Hardiness Zone 4, 2-6 in. fragrant deep rose-pink bottlebrush panicles, Michigan Bloom Month 7-8, In Garden Bed S1 a75 for 5.3 YEARS (Jung). Planted in 2013.
Blooms in late summer. Discovered in 1992, sport of Clethra alnifolia ‘Pink Spire’. Densely-branched, rounded, suckering, deciduous shrub. Narrow, cylindrical, bottlebrush-like, terminal panicles (racemes to 6” long) of flowers that bloom on current year’s growth for ~ 4-6 weeks in July and August. Planted in 2013, did not flower in 2014. Not much growth yet, July 2015.