Clethra alnif. 'Pink Spire' - 9cm Plant

Marshalls

£9.99

Catalogue Code: 5140-5364

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Clethra alnif. 'Pink Spire’ bears upright flower spikes about 15 cm long comprising multiple pale pink flowers. Because the flowers are sweetly perfumed, its common name is summersweet. This useful deciduous shrub for late summer colour prefers to be grown in acidic soil.

Key Features

Good for cutting
Loved by pollinators
Hardy perennial
Prefers full sun
Prefers part shade
Prefers shade

Pack Contents: 1 x 9cm Potted Plant

Size: 2.5m x 2.5m

Height: 2.5m

Description

Large deciduous shrub
Pale pink flowers
Attracts pollinating insects
For shady position
Prefers moist acidic soil

A useful deciduous shrub for late summer and autumn colour, Clethra alnif. 'Pink Spire’ has cup-shaped pale pink flowers arranged in upright spikes about 15 cm long. Its distinctively ribbed mid-green leaves are about 10cm long. A large shrub which can reach a height and spread of 2.5 metres, place Clethra alnif. 'Pink Spire’ at the back of the shrub border or in a woodland setting.

Clethra alnif. 'Pink Spire’ likes to grow in moist acidic soil and can tolerate shady conditions. Because it flowers at a time when other acid-loving plants have finished flowering, it is a good shrub to plant alongside camellias, azaleas and rhododendrons.

How you will receive your plants:

Selected by our team of experts and sent from our nursery, you will receive your plant in a 9cm pot, ready to plant out.

Can’t plant straight away?

Place in a sheltered spot and water regularly to keep the compost moist.

Dig a hole approximately twice as deep and 3 times as wide as the plant’s rootball. If your soil is heavy mix in a soil improver before backfilling. Firm the soil around the plant and water thoroughly.

Water shrubs regularly in the first year after planting and in dry periods

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