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Plants Matching itea virginica

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Gerald L. Klingaman

(Virginia Sweetspire)

Beautiful early summer blooms and fine fall color make Virginia sweetspire an outstanding hardy shrub for the landscape. A native to the moist ravines of the southeastern United States, this lightly suckering shrub has pretty arching branches and a bushy habit. It bears long, drooping, fragrant panicles of creamy white flowers in late spring to early summer. In fall, its bright green, glossy leaves change to shades of dark red, burgundy and orange red and persist on the stem through part of the winter....

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Gerald L. Klingaman

(Henry's Garnet Virginia Sweetspire, Virginia Sweetspire)

Prized for its fragrant flowers and its splendid fall color, sweetspire is a small, deciduous, suckering shrub native to the eastern and central United States. The cultivar 'Henry's Garnet' produces relatively large panicles of creamy white flowers in late spring and early summer. In fall its oval bright green leaves change to dark red and purple, persisting into winter. The gracefully arching green or purple stems may die back in severe winters.

This award-winning plant prefers partial to full...

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James Burghardt

(Merlot Virginia Sweetspire, Virginia Sweetspire)

Dark burgundy-red fall color and a compact habit set 'Merlot' apart from the others. This lightly suckering shrub has pretty arching branches and a bushy habit. In late spring to early summer it bears long, drooping panicles of creamy white flowers that are sweetly fragrant. In fall, its bright green, glossy leaves change to a rich burgundy and persist on the stem through part of the winter. Its arching dark green stems turn dark purple-red when exposed to direct sunlight.

Sweetspire tolerates...

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Jessie Keith

(Little Henry® Sweetspire, Virginia Sweetspire)

Prized for its fragrant flowers and its splendid fall color, sweetspire is a small deciduous suckering shrub native to the eastern and central United States. The dwarf selection Little Henry® produces bottlebrush panicles of creamy white flowers in late spring and early summer on compact purple or green stems. In fall its oval bright green leaves change to dark red and purple, often persisting into winter.

This versatile shrub prefers partial to full sun and moist acidic well drained soil. It...