Clethra alnifolia 'RUBY SPICE'
Clethra alnifolia 'RUBY SPICE'
summer-sweet, sweet pepper bush
summer-sweet, sweet pepper bush
| SIZE/TYPE | medium-sized shrub |
|---|---|
| USUAL HEIGHT | 1-2m |
| USUAL WIDTH | 1-2m |
| LEAVES | deciduous broadleaf |
| COLOUR OF LEAVES |
 light green |
| FLOWERS | showy |
| COLOUR OF FLOWERS |
 + multicolored:white and pink
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| BLOOMING TIME | July - August |
| LOCATION | semi-shade / partial sun |
| SOIL TYPE | acidic (peaty) |
| SOIL MOISTURE REQUIREMENTS | evenly moist (dislikes drought) |
| USDA zone (lowest) | 4 (down to -34°C) |
| WINTER PROTECTION | |
| FOR ZONE 5+6 |
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| FOR ZONE 7 |
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| BELONGS TO CATEGORIES |
Deciduous broadleaf Summer blooms Hedging plants |
Sweet pepper bush is becoming popular again in our country. It is a medium-sized shrub flowering in summer.
Ruby Spice has flowers of has the deepest shade of pink so far selected. Flowers are bell-shaped, light pink, opening from rose buds, formed in upright racemes in July and August. They have a lovely, sweet fragrance, hence its name. Flower buds are deep pink.
Oval leaves are deciduous, mid-green, upto 10 cm long, finely serrated and look like hydrangea leaves. For dense foliage it does not like being shaded by other, smaller companion plants very near. This variety requires no trimming, just remove some of the old wood at the base in winter.
Grow it in acid, fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil in partial shade or filtered sunlight. Fully hardy to -34°C or more (USDA zone 4).
Last update 20-02-2010
Ruby Spice has flowers of has the deepest shade of pink so far selected. Flowers are bell-shaped, light pink, opening from rose buds, formed in upright racemes in July and August. They have a lovely, sweet fragrance, hence its name. Flower buds are deep pink.
Oval leaves are deciduous, mid-green, upto 10 cm long, finely serrated and look like hydrangea leaves. For dense foliage it does not like being shaded by other, smaller companion plants very near. This variety requires no trimming, just remove some of the old wood at the base in winter.
Grow it in acid, fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil in partial shade or filtered sunlight. Fully hardy to -34°C or more (USDA zone 4).
Last update 20-02-2010
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