Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird' ~ Hummingbird Summersweet Size:7 GALLON com/photos/kpaulus/

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2019-10-12 12 48 29 Red Maple leaves changing color during early autumn along Stone Heather Drive in the Chantilly Highlands section of Oak Hill

and also hosts the Queen Butterfly and various moth larva

These flowers are highly attractive to butterflies and other pollinators

Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird' ~ Hummingbird Summersweet Size:7 GALLON com/photos/kpaulus/Hummingbird Summersweet is a densely branched native deciduous shrub with a mounded habit and glossy dark green foliage that turns attractive shades of yellow to golden brown in fall. Sweetly fragrant white flower spikes bloom in summer and give way to brown seedpods that last to winter. Prefers part sun and acidic, moist, well drained soil. Type: Shrub Origins: Eastern N. America Coasts; GA Native Height: 2 4 Spread: 3 5' Spacing: 4 USDA Hardiness