Summersweet - Ruby Spice

‘Ruby Spice’ Summersweet - Clethra alnifolia

Native. Zone 4-8. Full Sun-P.Shade. Perennial

Sweet, highly fragrant bottlebrush flowers attract butterflies, bees, and other insects in late summer and early fall. ‘Ruby Spice’ grows to about 4 to 6 feet tall and almost as wide, making this shrub suitable for a bed or border, a woodland, shade garden, or a waterside planting. Its yellow fall color extends the season of interest. Fragrant flowers. Tolerates full shade. The species is native to the eastern U.S.