Trees & Shrubs » Clethra (Summersweet, Sweet Pepperbush) 16 items found. Click on photo/text link for more information on any product.
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Clethra (Summersweet, Sweet Pepperbush) We grow a plethora of clethra. One of our favorite native genera, although there are foreign members as well and we like them, too. All are deciduous shrubs to small trees with panicles of white (usually) flowers in Summer, sometimes extremely fragrant. Some species have beautiful peeling bark on older stems. Zones 4-9.
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CLETHRA acuminata With an open, upright habit, it is grown for its beautiful polished cinnamon colored bark, though the flowers are also quite attractive, appearing in showy long white cascading panicles. more info
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CLETHRA alnifolia 'Ann's Bouquet' A selection of C. alnifolia selected for floriferous display of white fragrant flowers. more info
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CLETHRA alnifolia 'Anne Bidwell' Unique upright growth habit and densely branched structure, with tightly clustered inflorescences of fragrant white flowers that are attractive to beneficial insects. Blooms mid-late August through September here in New Jersey. An easy-to-grow native plan more info
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CLETHRA alnifolia Vanilla Spice™ 'Caleb' The large flower spikes are loaded with fragrant, pure white flowers in late summer. The individual flowers are roughly the size of a dime, about twice the size of a typical Clethra. more info
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CLETHRA alnifolia Sugartina™ 'Crystalina' One of the newest dwarf Clethra this grows as a tight, dense, mounded plant with attractive dark glossy leaves and spikes of white super fragrant flowers in July. Developed by Dr. Thomas Ranney and his team at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research & E more info
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CLETHRA alnifolia 'Goldsprenkle' Our exclusive first offering! Ron found this unique plant in a
batch of seedlings from a 'Creel's Calico' offspring. Leaves
are sprinkled and splashed randomly with gold flecks. Very
unique type of variegation rarely seen in hardy plants. more info
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CLETHRA alnifolia 'Ruby Spice' (C8) The best pink flowered form available. Flower color does not fade to white as does 'Rosea.' Has nice dark green foliage. more info
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CLETHRA alnifolia 'Sherry Sue' 'Sherry Sue' is a vigorous upright- growing selection with pink stems from the Gulf Coast. Very late white flowers start in early September. It loses leaves later than other forms and may even stay evergreen in mild winters in the south. more info
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CLETHRA alnifolia 'Sixteen Candles' (C) Now 7 years old, the plant measures 30 inches high and 42 inches wide, a dense mound of foliage and stems. Flowers range from 4 to 6 inches long, open late June into July and without equivocation are spectacular. more info
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CLETHRA alnifolia 'Summer Snowstorm' NEW exclusive introduction! Ron grew seedlings of 'Creel's
Calico' to try to get a better variegated clethra. This may be
better in that the variegation is more consistent. Blooms
later than many other clethra with especially long fragrant
racemes. more info
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CLETHRA alnifolia 'Tom's Compact' Maturing at only 3.5 feet tall and wide, non-suckering, free from winter dieback, and of dense habit with deep dark green leaves, this is one of the best. more info
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CLETHRA alnifolia 'Wild Thing' NEW exclusive intro! It'll make your heart sing! We've
admired this clethra growing wild here for several years and
finally took cuttings. The original plant is only 2' tall(growing
in sand in mostly sun)with small dark green leaves and
white fragrant more info
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CLETHRA alnifolia var tomentosa 'Woodlander's Sarah' This Woodlanders introduction is from Charleston County, SC where a young lady named Sarah spotted a variegated sport in a population of wild plants. Undersides of leaves are covered with downy hairs. Very limited quantity available. more info
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CLETHRA alnifolia var. tomentosa 'Cottondale' One of the most distinctive clethra with racemes up to 16 inches long! Foliage is covered with fine white hairs lending an attractive greyish cast. more info
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CLETHRA barbinervis (C8) This small tree to 20 feet is grown mostly for its wonderful bark which peels in patches resembling a stewartia to expose the
burnished cinnamon underneath. Blooms in summer in white
panicles like pendant lilacs. more info
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