Itea
By Lou Paun
Itea - Graceful and distinct shrubs, evergreen and deciduous, Chinese or N.
Itea virginica
Virginia Sweetspire Saxifragaceae
Located in landscape bed by loading dock of WBY.
Itea virginica Little Henry® (PP No. 10988, ‘Sprich') Iteaceae, Grossulariaceae
Little Henry Sweetspire i-TE-a ver-JIN-i-ka ...
Itea virginica
( CommonName Not Available )
This May to July flower has mildly fragrant racemes that are up to 6" long. A large deciduous shrub, perfect for a natural setting, it grows 5' tall and 10' wide. Persistent fall color is reddish to purple.
Itea grows 3- to 4-feet tall and spreads horizontally by means of underground stems about twice its height. It tends to produce ascending branches that often slightly arched near the tip.
No range map exists for this species. See a map of the states in which Itea virginica can be found (opens a new window).
USDA Plants Database
Itea virginica is native to North America.
Itea
Species and varieties
Itea ilicifolia (Holly Leaf Sweetspire)
Itea virginica (Virginia Sweetspire) ...
#549 Itea virginica
Common Names: sweetspire, Virginia willow, tassel-white, Virginia sweetspire
Family: Saxifragaceae (saxifrage Family)
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Itea L.
Trees to shrubs; allitol +, flavonols, ellagic acid 0; hairs unicellular; young stem with separate bundles; pith chambered; lamina vernation conduplicate, margins spiny- or gland-toothed, stipules small, on petiole base or adjacent stem; ...
Itea will grow about 4' high, and it suckers like crazy, so it will spread quickly to form a wide patch. Some of the cultivars do seem to sucker less, but we need more experience to say for sure.
Itea virginica is commonly found in swamps, stream banks, wet hammocks, and floodplain forests throughout Florida (Wunderlin, 2003). Virginia willow blooms in the spring.
Itea virginica
Family: Grossulariaceae
Virginia Sweetspire
Origin: Eastern America ...
Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet'
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Shirley's Compact Dwarf Virginia Sweetspire [English]: Itea virginica 'Shirleys Compact'
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Hollyleaf Sweetspire (Itea ilicifolia) is a true evergreen, with spiny margined leaves that are bronze when emerging, maturing to dark glossy green. It grows six to 12 feet tall with a graceful, upright arching form.
A classic example of this confusion occurs in the patented plant, Itea virginica 'Sprich' PP 10,988.
Itea virginica
Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet'
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Scientific Name:
Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet'
Family:
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TN ( ) SUGGESTED ALTERNATIVE PLANTS: Some suitable native alternatives for Japanese spiraea include shrubs like sweetfern (Comptonia peregrina), arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum), Summersweet clethra (Clethra alnifolia),Virginia sweetspire (Itea ...
Itea ilicifolia. Very good against a damp shaded wall.
Kerria japonica will grow almost anywhere but not permanently flooded.
Leycestria formosa - Good for damp and slightly shaded (or sunny) area.
 See also: Itea virginica, Green, Sweetspire, Cornus, May
  
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