Clethra alnifolia
Summersweet
Clethraceae
Located by small pond near chemistry building.
Clethra alnifolia (Sweet pepperbush)
Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice' Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of Park Seed
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Clethra alnifolia is a summer flowering shrub that works great in wet sites. This shrub can grow in sunny locations as well as shady locations but will perform best in locations with partial shade.
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USDAFS Additional Silvics - USDA Plants Database
Clethra alnifolia is native to North America.
Clethra alnifolia 'Paniculata'
also known as Clethra paniculata - Summersweet, Sweet Pepper Bush
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#948 Clethra alnifolia
Common Names: sweet pepperbush, summersweet
Family: Clethraceae (sweet pepperbush Family)
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Summersweet ( Clethra alnifolia), a close relative of alder, is a North American wildflower shrub, native to the East Coast, eastern Texas, & as far inland as Pennsylvania.
Sweet Pepperbush (Summersweet)
Clethra alnifolia
The flowers of this shrub have a sweet-spicy fragrance.
Clethra alnifolia (Summersweet)
White blooms with a spicy fragrance on current season's growth for 4-6 weeks
from July to mid August. Bee attractant. Bark is scaly or exfoliating in loose, long strips as the shrub ages.
Clethra alnifolia L. - coastal sweetpepperbush
Clethra acuminata Michx. - mountain sweetpepperbush
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Clethra alnifolia : Summersweet - Whole Plant
Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird' : Hummingbird Summersweet - Whole Plant
Clethra alnifolia 'Pink Spires' : Pink Spires Summersweet - Whole Plant ...
Clethra alnifolia is easy to propagate from stem cuttings in early summer or from seed planted in fall or spring.
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Clethra alnifolia, Clethra alnifolia 'Rosea'
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deciduous shrub or small tree (Clethra alnifolia) native to the Appalachians, named for the resemblance of its leaves to those of the unrelated true alders. It is cultivated as an ornamental for the fragrant white or pinkish blossoms.
It is often hard to find shrubs that flower in the summer-and even better yet, shrubs that flower well in the shade-but summersweet clethra (Clethra alnifolia) fits the bill for both.
Summersweeth Clethra Clethra alnifolia Flower cluster, developing and blooming Main Page Previous Next Info ...
Field Office Guide to Plant Species
Coast Pepper-bush
Clethra alnifolia L.
National Park, Gatlinburg, TN ( ) SUGGESTED ALTERNATIVE PLANTS: Some suitable native alternatives for Japanese spiraea include shrubs like sweetfern (Comptonia peregrina), arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum), Summersweet clethra (Clethra alnifolia), ...
Many hollies are ideal, as are viburnums, aucubas (especially the narrow leaved forms), skimmias and such deciduous shrubs as corylopsis, fothergilla, summer-sweet (Clethra alnifolia) and disanthus.
 See also: Clethra, Summersweet, Green, Pink, Rose
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