Thursday, June 2, 2011

A native with cheerful blooms

Name: Little Hennry Virgininia sweetspire (ltea virginica 'Spruch')
zones: 6 to 9
size: 2 to 3 feet tall and wide
conditions: Full sun to partial shade; moist soil


Virinia sweetspire is a deciduous shub native to the southeastern United States. Little Henry
is a compact selection of 'Henry's Garnet', a popular cultivar known for its attractive flower
clusters and rich burgundy fall color. This small shrub shines in spring when numerous
upright and drooping raemes of white flowers appear, and again in autumn with brilliant
fall color. Virginia sweetspire spreads slowly by underground stems, eventually forming
a colony or thicket.

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