Clethra alnifolia Size:5 Gal Full Sun to Part Shade

Full Sun to Part Shade

Height: 36 - 48 Inches

Pale pink buds open to fragrant

Foliage is held on the tree later into fall than with most cultivars

Notch seed coat with a knife before planting to promote better germination

Clethra alnifolia Size:5 Gal Full Sun to Part ShadeClethra alnifolia, commonly called summersweet, is a deciduous shrub that is native to swampy woodlands, wet marshes, stream banks and seashores, often in sandy soils, along the coast. It is a rounded, suckering, densely branched, deciduous shrub that typically grows to 3 6 tall and is noted for producing a mid to late summer bloom of sweetly fragrant white flowers which appear in narrow, upright panicles. Flowers give way to dark brown seed capsules.