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Clethra 'Ruby Spice'
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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, Cleth…
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.
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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.
Specifications
| Bloom time | late summer |
| Color | rosy |
| Disease Resistance | pest and disease free |
| Foliage | green |
| Growing conditions | moist, slightly acid sandy soil in sun to light shade |
| Height | 4 to 6 feet tall |
| Light requirements | sun to light shade |
| Origin | native shrub |
| Plant height | 4 to 6 feet tall |
| Size | 4 feet wide |
| Soil Requirements | moist, slightly acid sandy soil |
| Soil Type | sandy soil |
| Soil requirements | moist, slightly acid sandy soil |
| Soil type | sandy soil |
| Species | Clethra 'Ruby Spice' |
| Spread | 4 feet wide |
| Sun Exposure | sun to light shade |
| Sun exposure | sun to light shade |
| Sunlight Requirements | sun to light shade |
| Sunlight requirements | sun to light shade |
| Uses | foundation planting |
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