Little Henry Sweetspire Size
Our growers love it and it s sure to become one of your special favorites too.
Little henry sweetspire size. Little henry sweetspire spacing spacing should be 36 to 44 inches center on center. I ve bought 2 more to put a nice arc around my bed. How to use little henry virginia sweetspire in the landscape. This year henry is blooming and starting to increase in size.
Cultivars such as the dwarf form shirley s compact reaches only 18 inches and merlot tops out at just 3 1 2 feet. Little henry dwarf virginia sweetspire itea virginica sprich sku 4649. Cultivated itea sweetspire often does not reach this size. Overall it s generally a trouble free ornamental shrub.
Planted little henry last fall. Little henry sweetspire will live 40 years or more. Attracts butterflies compact form fall color north american native selection. Compact 3 to 4 feet high and 3 to 4 feet wide.
They give off a sweet spicy fragrance you ll look forward to every year. Reaches 2 to 3 ft. Dwarf virginia sweetspire little henry itea virginica. This very handsome native shrub has glossy leathery foliage all season and elegant white flower spikes in early summer.
A diminutive deciduous shrub with racemes of sweetly scented white flowers in early summer. Little henry sweetspire itea virginica was one of the very first proven winners shrubs and its popularity shows no signs of abating. Home plant catalog little henry dwarf virginia sweetspire. He s planted in a alkaline soil with some shade.
Little henry virginia sweetspire itea virginica sprich. The shrub has a rounded habit and produces cylindrical drooping flowers racemes from late spring to mid summer native to the woodlands of eastern north america it is a good choice for woodland borders. The itea bush grows three to 6 feet in height with a width of 4 to 6 feet when growing in the wild. A dwarf variety of itea this little charmer has a mounding habit reaching just 2 or 3 tall.
Had beautiful red foliage until first hard frost. 3 to 4 inch flower spikes and burgundy red fall color. Proper spacing is important especially in proximity planting such as mass planting border planting or ground cover. I m in zone 5 mid missouri.