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Iteaceae
Itea virginica
Itea virginica
Also known as Itea, Diconangia heterophyla, Itea padifolia, Itea virginica f. abbreviata
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Native · Shrub · Fall Color · Fragrant · Rain Garden · Deciduous · Wildlife Friendly · Wetland · Pollinator · White Flowers
Virginia sweetspire is a native deciduous shrub prized for its fragrant white flower racemes in early summer and brilliant red-to-purple fall foliage. Plant it in part shade to full sun in consistently moist soil, and it will tolerate wet conditions making it ideal for rain gardens or stream edges. Once established it requires minimal care and spreads gradually by suckering to form attractive colonies.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water thoroughly until soil is moist, allowing the top 1-2 inches to dry slightly between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4–7.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 30 ft
- Spread
- 15 ft
- Spacing
- 48 in apart
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- White
- Foliage
- Green · Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle
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