Sixteen Candles sweet pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia 'Sixteen Candles'
USDA zones4 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to wet soil
Size4 to 5 feet tall2 to 3 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Dense
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Bloom color
- Creamy white
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Sixteen Candles' sweet pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia 'Sixteen Candles') is a shrub for borders, pollinator gardens, hedges, and rain gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Creamy white, fragrant flowers open from early to late summer and draw butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees. Deer tend to pass it by.
Pairs well with Red twig dogwood, Switchgrass, and Indian Summer rudbeckia.