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Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet' Sweetspire
1999 Plant of Merit & Grow Native

Erect to drooping 3-6 inch spires of fragrant creamy white flowers cover this compact, 3-4 foot tall shrub in early summer. Dark green leaves turn attractive shades of bronze, red and garnet in autumn, persisting well after first frost. Valued for both its beauty and its cultural flexibility, it grows well in sun or shade and in moist, boggy soil conditions as well as average garden soil. Naturalizes by underground suckers to form thickets. Height: 3 to 4 feet and spread: 4 to 6 feet