Clethra, Summersweet, Sweet Pepper Bush 'Sixteen Candles' (Clethra alnifolia)

Planted in full sun/part shade Sixteen Candles buds all spring and finally springs into bloom in summer.

by dougsruthann Jul 16, 2007 3:08 AM

This shrub looks nice when in bloom, but the dead flower stalks persist and have to be removed each year. It also wakes up very late in the spring.

by VWgarden Aug 27, 2012 7:13 PM

A closer shot in July 2012 of a specimen planted at a foundation in July 2012

by Rickwebb Jan 5, 2014 7:21 AM