Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice'
Sweet pepper bush 'Ruby Spice', Sweet pepperbush 'Ruby Spice', Summer sweet 'Ruby Spice', Summersweet 'Ruby Spice'
Clethra Clethra
'Ruby Spice' _ 'Ruby Spice' is an upright, densely-branched, suckering, deciduous shrub with oval, toothed, dark green leaves turning yellow and orange in autumn and dense, upright, terminal racemes of fragrant, bell-shaped, rose-pink flowers in late summer and early autumn.
Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice' is: Deciduous
Flowers have a spicy fragrance.
Suckering, Dense, Upright
RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit)
Rose-pink in Summer; Rose-pink in Autumn
Dark-green in Spring
Generally pest-free.
Generally disease-free.
Remove some of the oldest, weakest stems from the base in winter.
Softwood cuttings
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Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice' (Sweet pepper bush 'Ruby Spice') will reach a height of 2m and a spread of 1.5m after 10-20 years.
Waterside, Low Maintenance, Cottage/Informal, Beds and borders, Wildlife, Woodland
Grow in fertile, moist but well-drained, acid soil in partial or full shade. Do not allow soil to dry out. Tolerates clay.
Clay, Loamy, Sandy
Moist but well-drained
Acid
Partial Shade, Full Shade
North, South, East, West
Sheltered
Hardy (H4)
Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice'
Sweet pepper bush 'Ruby Spice', Sweet pepperbush 'Ruby Spice', Summer sweet 'Ruby Spice', Summersweet 'Ruby Spice'
Clethra Clethra
'Ruby Spice' _ 'Ruby Spice' is an upright, densely-branched, suckering, deciduous shrub with oval, toothed, dark green leaves turning yellow and orange in autumn and dense, upright, terminal racemes of fragrant, bell-shaped, rose-pink flowers in late summer and early autumn.
Deciduous
Flowers have a spicy fragrance.
Suckering, Dense, Upright
RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit)
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Rose-pink in Summer; Rose-pink in Autumn
Dark-green in Spring
Generally pest-free.
Generally disease-free.
Remove some of the oldest, weakest stems from the base in winter.
Softwood cuttings
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Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice' (Sweet pepper bush 'Ruby Spice') will reach a height of 2m and a spread of 1.5m after 10-20 years.
Waterside, Low Maintenance, Cottage/Informal, Beds and borders, Wildlife, Woodland
Grow in fertile, moist but well-drained, acid soil in partial or full shade. Do not allow soil to dry out. Tolerates clay.
Clay, Loamy, Sandy
Moist but well-drained
Acid
Partial Shade, Full Shade
North, South, East, West
Sheltered
Hardy (H4)
Zone 8, Zone 7, Zone 6, Zone 5, Zone 4
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