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Sweet Pepper Bush Hummingbird in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird'

 

Sweet Pepper Bush 'Hummingbird'

Clethra can be deciduous or evergreen, trees or shrubs. They have simple leaves, sometimes have attractive bark, and they bear clusters of small. fragrant, bell-shaped flowers - usually white, and looking like bottle-brushes. 'Hummingbird' is a compact clethra, bearing clove-scented spikes of white flowers

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plant Features
  • Sweet Pepper Bush Hummingbird likes partial shade to deep shade

    Partial shade to deep shade

  • Sweet Pepper Bush Hummingbird likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Sweet Pepper Bush Hummingbird is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Sweet Pepper Bush Hummingbird likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Sweet Pepper Bush 'Hummingbird'

Latin name

Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird'

type

Trees or Shrubs

family

Clethraceae

ph

5.0 - 6.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Sweet Pepper Bush Hummingbird likes partial shade to deep shade

    Partial shade to deep shade

  • Frost

    Sweet Pepper Bush Hummingbird is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Sweet Pepper Bush Hummingbird likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

  • Water

    Sweet Pepper Bush Hummingbird likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Sweet Pepper Bush Hummingbird is 1.20meters x 1.20meters 1.20 M 1.20 M

Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird'

Clethra can be deciduous or evergreen, trees or shrubs. They have simple leaves, sometimes have attractive bark, and they bear clusters of small. fragrant, bell-shaped flowers - usually white, and looking like bottle-brushes. 'Hummingbird' is a compact clethra, bearing clove-scented spikes of white flowers


Flowering

From Mid Summer TO Late Spring

Clethra bears its bottle-brush like blooms from mid Summer for 4-6 weeks.

 

Planting

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Plant Clethra in moist but free-draining acidic soil in a sheltered spot that is in shade or partial shade.

 

Propagating by cuttings

From Late Spring TO Early Summer

Take softwood cuttings from new growth early in the day in Spring or early Summer. Cut, neatly, a 4" approx. piece of a non-flowering shoot, pinch out the tip, and cut off the bottom leaves. Dip the bottom of the cutting in hormone rooting powder, and carefully place in a pot of cutting compost with the leaves just above the level of the compost. Water, label, cover with a polythene bag, and place in a warm, bright place, out of direct sunlight. Take the polythene bag off periodically for a while for ventilation (at least twice a week)

 
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