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Virginia sweetspire Little Henry® in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Itea Virginica 'Little Henry®'

 

Virginia sweetspire 'Little Henry®'

Virginia sweetspire 'Little Henry®' is a compact, evergreen shrub with dark green leaves that turn fiery reddish-purple in Autumn, and bears spires of fragrant, cream-white flowers in cylindrical racemes in Spring and Summer.

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plant Features
  • Virginia sweetspire Little Henry® likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Virginia sweetspire Little Henry® likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Virginia sweetspire Little Henry® is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Virginia sweetspire Little Henry® likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Virginia sweetspire 'Little Henry®'

Latin name

Itea Virginica 'Little Henry®'

type

Evergreens

family

Iteaceae

ph

5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Virginia sweetspire Little Henry® likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Virginia sweetspire Little Henry® is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Virginia sweetspire Little Henry® likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

  • Water

    Virginia sweetspire Little Henry® likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Virginia sweetspire Little Henry® is 1.50meters x 1.00meters 1.50 M 1.00 M

Itea Virginica 'Little Henry®'

Virginia sweetspire 'Little Henry®' is a compact, evergreen shrub with dark green leaves that turn fiery reddish-purple in Autumn, and bears spires of fragrant, cream-white flowers in cylindrical racemes in Spring and Summer.


Planting Outdoors

From Mid Spring TO Late Spring

Plant out in growing site.

 

Flowering

From Mid Summer TO Late Autumn

A beautiful display of long dropping catkin like scented flowers.

 

Propagation by seed

From Early Spring TO Late Spring

Sow seed in soil or compost and keep moist but not wet.

 

Propagation by cuttings

From Mid Summer TO Early Autumn

Semi hard wood cuttings are taken from the current years growth from late summer to mid autumn the bottom of the cuttings is hard and soft on the top. With a sharp knife take a cutting of about 14 cms, remove lowest leaves, dip end into rooting hormone, and place round the edge of a pot filled with a suitable compost, water well, they must remain moist till rooted, place under glass but in semi shade.

 
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