Sugartina Crystalina sweet pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia 'Sugartina Crystalina'
USDA zones3 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial shade
WaterHandles dry to wet soil
Size2 to 3 feet tall2 to 3 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Dense
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- White
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Sugartina Crystalina' sweet pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia 'Sugartina Crystalina') is a shrub for borders, pollinator gardens, cottage gardens, and rain gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes full sun to part shade and dry to wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It stays dense and compact, and its fragrant white flowers open from early to late summer and again in early autumn. Butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees visit the blooms. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal.
Pairs well with Incrediball hydrangea, White Swan coneflower, Sensitive fern, and Northern bayberry.