Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice' ruby spice They are very attractive to

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Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice' ruby spice They are very attractive toClethra alnifolia Ruby Spice is most noted for its fragrant rose pink flowers that bloom in late summer 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 pink flowers