Ruby Spice Summersweet Clethra
| clethra |
It is a perennial, fragrant, flowering shrub, see how the Ruby spice summersweet clethra looks like in the garden and landscape.
Ruby Spice Summersweet Clethra is suitable for growing in USDA hardiness zones: 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. Other winter zone scales for planting this clethra are ANBG: 1, 2, 3; RHS: H7, H6, H5, H4, H3; PHZ: 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a.
Clethra details
| Plant type | shrub, flowering, fragrant, hedges | ||||||||
| Life cycle | perennial | ||||||||
| Sun needs | full sun, part sun | ||||||||
| Growth habit | upright | ||||||||
| Flowering period | mid-summer | ||||||||
| Height at maturity | 2 m - 2 m | ||||||||
| Spread | 90 sm - 1 m | ||||||||
| Spacing | 90 sm for solid hedges; 8' (2.4m) for space between plants | ||||||||
| Soil type | loamy, sandy, clay, silty | ||||||||
| Soil moist/drainage | well drained moist, poorly drained, well drained | ||||||||
| Soil PH | 5.5 - 7.5 (moderately acidic - slightly alkaline) | ||||||||
| Water needs | average | ||||||||
| Maintenance / care | very low | ||||||||
| Resistance to | deer, disease, heat, insect, salt soil / air, wet soil | ||||||||
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Ruby Spice Summersweet Clethra @ wikipedia.
Ruby Spice Summersweet Clethra in the landscape and gardening
