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Summersweet (white, late)

  • Genus: Clethra
  • Species: alnifolia
  • Cultivar: September Beauty
  • Zone: 5
  • Height: 3
  • Width: 4
  • Color: white
  • Light Requirements: Sun, Partial Sun, Shade
  • Water Requirements: Wet, Average, Dry
  • Bloom Times: August, September
  • Native Plant, Deer Resistant

A later blooming variety of Summersweet. Upright, fragrant white flower spikes attract a variety of insects. Fall foliage is a beautiful clear yellow.

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