Plant: Henry's Garnet - Itea
Itea · Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet'
Size: 3 gal
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An ornamental deciduous to semi evergreen shrub about 3 to 5 feet tall and 4 to 6 feet wide with an arching, spreading and rounded habit. Showy fragrant white racemes open around May and June, and the smooth green leaves turn gold, orange and burgundy red in autumn, with woody seed capsules persisting into the following year. It takes full sun or partial shade and adapts to clay, loam, sand or shallow rocky soil at any pH from acid through alkaline, tolerating moist and occasionally wet sites, heavy shade, erosion and most pests and diseases. Use it for borders, foundations, informal hedges, mass plantings and rain gardens; it can sucker at the root and spread.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 5 ft tall and 6 ft wide
- Blooms in spring, summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
- Semi-Evergreen foliage
- Native plant
Plant description
An ornamental deciduous to semi evergreen shrub about 3 to 5 feet tall and 4 to 6 feet wide with an arching, spreading and rounded habit. Showy fragrant white racemes open around May and June, and the smooth green leaves turn gold, orange and burgundy red in autumn, with woody seed capsules persisting into the following year. It takes full sun or partial shade and adapts to clay, loam, sand or shallow rocky soil at any pH from acid through alkaline, tolerating moist and occasionally wet sites, heavy shade, erosion and most pests and diseases. Use it for borders, foundations, informal hedges, mass plantings and rain gardens; it can sucker at the root and spread.
- Flowers
- Fragrant white racemes three to six inches long with four to five petals per floret, blooming around May and June.
- Fruit
- Woody capsules arranged in racemes that persist into the following year.
- Native range
- Southeastern United States
