BOTANICAL NAME:  Clethra alnifolia ‘Hummingbird’

COMMON NAME: “Hummingbird Summersweet”

ATTRACTS:  Butterflies, Birds & Pollinators

RESISTANT:

BLOOM COLOR/ TIME: Clusters of white fragrant flowers in Summer

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS:  Full to Part Sun

HEIGHT: 2 to 4 feet

WIDTH: 3 to 5 feet

EVERGREEN OR DECIDUOUS: Deciduous

WATER REQUIREMENTS: Average to Moderate

SOIL REQUIREMENTS: consistently moist, acidic, sandy soils. Can be grown in wetter soil in full sun to part shade. Will tolerate clay soils.

GARDEN ATTRIBUTES: Attracts pollinators

Fragrant flowers

Native

HARDINESS ZONES: 3-9

Hummingbird Clethra is a deciduous, mounded shrub w/bottlebrush-like clusters of fragrant, white flowers in Summer. Plant in a mass or group, foundations or shrub borders. Also can be planted along streams, banks or ponds. Native