Virginia Sweetspire
Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet'
(eye-TEE-uh) (vir-JIN-ih-kuh)
Grossulariaceae
This plant has performed well for me. It can grow in a moist semi-shady location, which is always a plus. The flowers are fragrant and the red branches offset the green foliage nicely. It can spread a little too much if it is happy but I don’t find removing the suckers to be a problem. The fall color is the real show in my opinion as it is a wonderful kind of brick red color with some variations to purple as it goes through the autumn season. Great for the woodland garden and hardy to USDA Zone 5.
Today I am going to buy a few more plants. I have to get 50-60 Green Sheen Pachysandra and a few low perennials for along a new garage/barn that one of my customers built in Pound Ridge.
I have been going back and adding titles to some of my other posts as well as correcting my lousy grammar and spelling. I hope I haven’t confused anyone with publishing old posts. I just couldn’t figure out any other way to do it.
4 comments:
I'm always interested in plants that can tolerate some shade as my garden spend much of its day in the shade. I must find out about Zones so I know if something will grow here in the UK or not.
Ruth,
I left you a link in Sunday's post about the hardiness zones for the UK
Great photo of the Itea flowers. I thought it might be a nice shrub to have but when I google images of the plant it looked less impressive. Looks sort of like the summer sweet we dug up or a butterfly bush. Too scraggly for me.
Ki,
It sometimes take a little while to reach its full potential. It wouldn't be good as a focal point but is nice on the edge of the garden or the woods. The fall color is superb.
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