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Itea virginica 'Sprich' (Little Henry®): Dwarf Virginia Sweetspire for Containers

Itea virginica 'Sprich' (Little Henry®) has mildly fragrant white blooms in summer and red to orange fall color, but grows just 2–3 feet tall and 3 feet wide. Use in massed plantings, mixed borders, and containers.

Noteworthy Characteristics

Compact shape; showy bottlebrush flowers; nice fall color.

Care

Provide full sun to full shade and moist to wet, slightly acidic soil.

Propagation

Start new plants from greenwood cuttings in spring or semi-ripe cuttings in summer.

Problems

Generally trouble-free.

Overview

Height: 1–3 ft.
Spread: 1–3 ft.
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Moisture: Medium to Wet
Maintenance: Low
Characteristics: Fragrant Flowers, Native, Showy Fall Foliage, Showy Flowers
Bloom Time: Early Summer, Late Summer, Summer
Flower Color: White
Uses: Beds and Borders, Container
Seasonal Interest: Summer Interest
Type: Shrubs

Other: Hollyhock (Alcea rosea): Tall, Classic Cottage Garden Biennial with Colorful Spikes; Stars of Persia (Allium christophii): Huge, Metallic Fuchsia Spheres for Early Summer; Drumstick Allium (Allium sphaerocephalon): Color-Changing Blooms for the Summer Garden; Angelonia (Angelonia angustifolia): Heat-Loving Summer Bloomer for Containers; Golden Marguerite (Anthemis tinctoria): Long-Blooming Daisy-Like Flowers; Marguerite Daisy (Argyranthemum frutescens): Continuous Blooms for Containers; Figwort (Asarina scandens): Half-Hardy Climber with Indigo to White Flowers; Heath Aster (Aster ericoides): Native Clumping Perennial with Small White Flowers; Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet': Virginia Sweetspire with Fragrant White Flowers and Fall Color; Growing Itea virginica (Sweetspire): Fragrant Shrub for Sun or Shade

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