Summer-Sweet
Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird'
Clethraceae
Growth habit
Shrub - Clonal
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Source of plant
Agway , Forestfarm Nursery, Edgewood Nursery
Description
Plants have exceptionally lustrous, black-green foliage, remain compact and spread vigorously to form large colonies. Inflorescences average 4" in length and open earlier than those of the type, and are terminal as well as axillary. Selected and introduced by Fred Galle, formerly of Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, GA.
USDA Hardiness Zone
5
Special characteristics
foliage characteristics, growth habit, flower type