Clethra alnifolia 'Tom's Compact'
Sweet pepper bush 'Tom's Compact', Sweet pepperbush 'Tom's Compact', Summer sweet 'Tom's Compact', Summersweet 'Tom's Compact', Clethra alnifolia 'Compacta', Bush pepper 'Tom's Compact'
Clethra Clethra
'Tom's Compact' _ 'Tom's Compact' is a compact, rounded, deciduous shrub with upright stems bearing oval, toothed, glossy, dark green leaves turning yellow in autumn and dense, erect racemes of fragrant, bell-shaped, white flowers in summer.
Clethra alnifolia 'Tom's Compact' is: Deciduous
Flowers have a spicy fragrance.
Upright, Rounded, Dense
White in Summer
Dark-green in Spring; Dark-green in Summer; Yellow, Orange in Autumn
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 'Tom's Compact' (Sweet pepper bush 'Tom's Compact') will reach a height of 1.2m and a spread of 1.2m 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 'Tom's Compact'
Sweet pepper bush 'Tom's Compact', Sweet pepperbush 'Tom's Compact', Summer sweet 'Tom's Compact', Summersweet 'Tom's Compact', Clethra alnifolia 'Compacta', Bush pepper 'Tom's Compact'
Clethra Clethra
'Tom's Compact' _ 'Tom's Compact' is a compact, rounded, deciduous shrub with upright stems bearing oval, toothed, glossy, dark green leaves turning yellow in autumn and dense, erect racemes of fragrant, bell-shaped, white flowers in summer.
Garden origin
Deciduous
Flowers have a spicy fragrance.
Upright, Rounded, Dense
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White in Summer
Dark-green in Spring; Dark-green in Summer; Yellow, Orange in Autumn
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 'Tom's Compact' (Sweet pepper bush 'Tom's Compact') will reach a height of 1.2m and a spread of 1.2m 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 9, Zone 8, Zone 7, Zone 6, Zone 5, Zone 4
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Soil drainage: | Moist but well-drained | Tell us... |
Soil pH: | Acid | Tell us... |
Light: | Partial Shade, Full Shade | Tell us... |
Aspect: | North, South, East, West | Tell us... |
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Hardiness: | Hardy (H4) | Tell us... |
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