Summersweet 'Sixteen Candles'
Family: Clethraceae
(White-alder Family)
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Hardiness Zones: 4-8
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Height: 4-5 feet
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Spread: 2-3 feet
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Bloom Time: July to August
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Bloom: fragrant, creamy-white bottlebrush-like flowers
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Light: full sun to part shade
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Soil: average; prefers acidic, sandy
soils
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Moisture: medium to wet; should not be
allowed to dry out
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Use: attracts butterflies and bees;
mass or group in lawns, hedge, foundations or shrub borders, shade or woodland
gardens; along stream banks or ponds; rain garden; cottage gardens
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Care: low maintenance
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Concerns: no serious insect or disease
problems
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Native to: species native to eastern North
America from southern Nova Scotia and Maine south to northern Florida, and west
to eastern Texas.
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Notes: late summer-flowering shrub;
densely-branched, rounded; serrated dark green leaves turn yellow/golden brown
in fall; flowers give way to dark brown seed capsules that persist in winter;
salt tolerant
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Supplier: Landscape Designs, Inc.
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Teaching Garden
Location & Code: Wet Garden D170
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