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Summersweet - Sixteen Candles
Summersweet - Sixteen Candles, Clethra alnifolia 'Sixteen Candles', is a summersweet cultivar that is noted for its erect, candle-like flower spikes and compact size. It features narrow, fluffy, bottlebrush-like, terminal spires of extremely fragrant, creamy white flowers, that bloom on the current year's growth for approximately 4 to 6 weeks in mid-summer. It is a densely-branched, rounded, suckering deciduous shrub that typically grows 3' to 5' tall.  Sixteen Candles Summersweet is easily grown in average, medium to wet soils in full sun to part shade.  This Summersweet prefers part shade and consistently moist, acidic soils, but tolerates full shade. It is a good flowering shrub for shade in woodland gardens.  It is also appropriate for moist soils along stream banks or pond/water garden peripheries. * Water tolerant * Full Shade * Fragrant


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