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SWEETSPIRE (Itea virginica)

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Height: 3 to 4 feet                                    

Spread: 4 to 6 feet

Bloom Time: May to June                    

Bloom Description: White

Sun: Full sun to part shade                      

Suggested Use: Hedge or Natural Area

Flower: Showy and Fragrant                         

Tolerate: Wet Soils, Clay Soils, Heavy Shade

Attracts: Butterflies & Honey Bees

Use: Winter interest and pollinators


This little shrub has long arching branches that bare 3-6” long flowers all over the plant creating a beautiful display for any natural border or landscape edge. Can be planted as a specimen plant and is a highly sought out by native bees and honey bees. George Washington ordered several of them from the Quaker John Bartram in 1792. The fall color is a vibrant red.

Sweetspire only serves as a host to the Angle - Line Prominent Caterpillar, but serves as a vital food source to many pollinators.

 

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