Clethra alnifolia Size:5 Gal commonly called blazing star

commonly called blazing star

Foliage is held on the tree later into fall than with most cultivars

Flowers are followed by small black cherries (1/2” diameter) which are bitter to humans but loved by birds

mat-forming perennial with masses of 5-petaled

Pale pink buds open to fragrant

Clethra alnifolia Size:5 Gal commonly called blazing starClethra alnifolia, commonly called summersweet, is a deciduous shrub that is native to swampy woodlands, wet marshes, stream banks and seashores, often in sandy soils, along the coast. It is a rounded, suckering, densely branched, deciduous shrub that typically grows to 3 6 tall and is noted for producing a mid to late summer bloom of sweetly fragrant white flowers which appear in narrow, upright panicles. Flowers give way to dark brown seed capsules.