PlantsShrubs & Vines
Virginia Sweetspire
Itea virginica
Zone 6a garden plant. Hardy through a Chicago winter unless the note says to pot it.
White tassels and red fall color for a damp bed
EasyShrubs & VinesAlso Rain GardenRain garden
- Light
- Full sun–part shade
- Moisture
- Medium–moist
- Mature size
- 3–5 ft
- Spacing
- 4 ft
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Jun; fall color
- How it spreads
- Shrub, suckers
- What to buy
- Container plants. Little Henry stays smaller.
- When to plant
- Plant April or September.
In the design
Takes wet soil and also a normal bed if you water it in. It suckers into a colony. That is useful on a parkway you are done mowing.
