Zone
3 - 9
Mature Height
6 Feet
Mature Width
4 Feet
Sun / Shade
Full Sun
Moisture Level
Moist, well-drained, Wet
Soil Type
Clethra 'Ruby Spice'
Clethra 'Ruby Spice'
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This native shrub is easy to grow and very pest and disease resistant
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Key Characteristics
Description / Clethra 'Ruby Spice'
Clethra '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, Clethra '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.
Product Details
| Genus | Clethra |
|---|---|
| Species | alnifolia |
| Variety | 'Ruby Spice' |
| Product Classification | Shrubs |
| Habit | Upright |
| USDA Zone Low | 3 |
| USDA Zone High | 9 |
| Sun / Shade | Full Sun |
| Bloom Color | Red, Rose |
| Bloom Season Start | Mid Summer |
| Bloom Season End | Late Summer |
| Foliage Color | Dark Green, Yellow |
| Resistance | Cold Hardy, Disease Resistant, Heat Tolerant, Humidity Tolerant, Pest Resistant |
| Special Features | Bloom First Year, Butterfly Lovers, Easy Care Plants, Fall Color, Fast Growing, Flower, Fragrance, Free Bloomer |
| Uses | Border, Fall Color, Hedge, Ornamental, Specimen |
| Zone | 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
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3
Deer Beware
Review by
NashvilleToolMan
The deer think this plant is delicious... Don't know how well it does because the deer keep eating the tops
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