Description Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’, known as summersweet or sweet pepperbush, is a beautiful, densely branched, slow spreading shrub that displays bottlebrush spikes of fragrant, nectar-rich, rosy-pink and white flowers that bloom from late summer to fall giving way to dark brown fruits for winter interest. Foliage is dark green and glossy. Very floriferous and dependable. Use in mixed shrub borders, or in partly shaded or woodland gardens or near water features in average to moist soils. Spreads by root suckers. Blooms on new wood. Nice golden yellow fall colour. A Canadian native to Nova Scotia. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Deer resistant.
