Hummingbird

Clethra alnifolia ‘Hummingbird’ (Summersweet) is a compact native shrub that brings fragrance, pollinators, and late-summer color to the landscape. Its creamy white flower spikes fill the garden with a sweet scent when many other shrubs are finished blooming, and its smaller size makes it perfect for foundation plantings, borders, rain gardens, and naturalized areas. ‘Hummingbird’ thrives in sun to part shade, handles moist soils well, and offers beautiful yellow fall color for added seasonal interest.

• Low Maintenance
• Attracts pollinators
• Thrives in wet soils
• Rain garden, ponds, woodlands edge, foundations, low hedge
• Deer resistant
• Slow to moderate growth rate 

Height: 2-4 Feet
Spread: 3-5 Feet
Hardiness Zone: 4-9

Clethra alnifolia ‘Hummingbird’ Characteristics

• Exposure: Full sun to part shade
• Season of Interest: Late summer to fall
  
• Soil Moisture: Wet to average soils
• Attributes: Compact
• Foliage Color: Green that turns golden yellow in fall
• Care: After planting, keeping soil moist is crucial. Water deeply 1-2 times per week. Minimal pruning required- prune in Spring if needed.