Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice' is a deciduous, summer-flowering shrub native to Eastern North America, where it grows in damp shade along streams. Its flowers are usually white, but the cultivar 'Ruby ...

Q • I have just purchased a ‘Ruby Spice’ summersweet Clethra alnifolia. Can I plant that around the foundation of our home or should this be planted in a more open space? If you get suckers, can they ...

is a hard-working, sweet-natured plant. Nicknamed summersweet, Clethra thrives on moisture. Overindulges if the truth be known. If nothing's nearby to check her growth, she can expand indefinitely, by ...

The Garden Guy has known of the summersweet or Clethra alnifolia for over 20 years when the variety Hummingbird was selected as a Georgia Gold Medal Winner in 1996. If I may pose the question however, ...