Clethra alnifolia Size:5 Gal commonly called blazing star

commonly called blazing star

Notch seed coat with a knife before planting to promote better germination

Height: 36 - 48 Inches

Flowers are followed by small black cherries (1/2” diameter) which are bitter to humans but loved by birds

6: 0ºF through -10ºF

Clethra alnifolia Size:5 Gal commonly called blazing starClethra alnifolia, commonly called summersweet, is a deciduous shrub that is native to swampy woodlands, wet marshes, stream banks and seashores, often in sandy soils, along the coast. It is a rounded, suckering, densely branched, deciduous shrub that typically grows to 3 6 tall and is noted for producing a mid to late summer bloom of sweetly fragrant white flowers which appear in narrow, upright panicles. Flowers give way to dark brown seed capsules.