Fragrant Blooms and Lovely Fall Color!
Ruby Spice Summersweet
This native shrub is easy to grow and very pest and disease resistant!
Terrific for late-summer color!
'Ruby Spice' is the darkest red of all of the Summersweet varieties. This lovely shrub produces sweetly fragrant rosy blooms in late summer. Then in autumn, the handsome green foliage ignites into flaming shades of yellow! An easy-to-grow, multiseason shrub you will really enjoy.
Seldom exceeding 4 to 6 feet tall and 4 feet wide, 'Ruby Spice' is pest and disease free. It grows best in moist, slightly acid sandy soil in sun to light shade, though as a hardy native shrub, it tolerates a range of conditions (including shade, acidic wet soil, and salt spray). The color is best in sun. Ideal in a foundation planting.
| Genus | Clethra |
| Species | alnifolia |
| Variety | 'Ruby Spice' |
| Item Form | 1-Quart |
| Zone | 4 - 9 |
| Bloom Season | Mid Summer - Late Summer |
| Plant Height | 3 ft - 6 ft |
| Plant Width | 3 ft - 4 ft |
| Additional Characteristics | Butterfly Lovers, Flower, Fragrance |
| Bloom Color | Rose |
| Foliage Color | Dark Green |
| Light Requirements | Full Sun, Part Shade |
| Resistance | Disease Resistant, Pest Resistant |
| Season Of Interest | Summer |
| Soil Tolerance | Sandy |
| Uses | Border, Ornamental |
| Restrictions | Canada, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands |