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Love Child Sweetspire (Itea) – 3 Gallon Pot
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Love Child Sweetspire
Itea virginica ‘Bailteaone’ PP31,318
Other Names: Love Child Virginia Sweetspire
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 6a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Deciduous Flowering Shrub
Height at Maturity: 3-4′
Width at Maturity: 3-4′
Spacing: 3-3.5′ for solid hedges; 7’+ for space between plants
Spacing: 3-3.5′ for solid hedges; 7’+ for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Rounded Mound
Growth Rate: Moderate to Fast
Flower Color: White
Flower Size: 4-6″ Long, 1″ Wide bottlebrush-like spires
Flowering Period: Spring
Flower Type: 6″ long spire
Fragrant Flowers: Yes!
Foliage Color: Green turning Burgundy Red in fall
Fragrant Foliage: No
Berries: –
Berry Color: –
Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun, Heavy Shade, Shade, Morning Sun w/Dappled or Afternoon Shade, Afternoon Sun w/Morning Shade, All Day Filtered Sun or Dappled Shade
Water Needs: Average
Soil Type: Clay (amend heavy clay soils when planting), Loam, Sand (amend quick-draining soils for moisture retention), Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist But Well-Drained to Wet
Soil pH: 5.5 – 7.0 (Moderately Acid to Neutral)
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Visual Attention, Butterflies, Beneficial Pollinators
Resistances / Tolerances: Deer, Drought (when established), Insect, Disease, Mildew, Wet Soil, Heat
Description
An easy-to-grow selection of our North American native Virginia Sweetspire, ‘Love Child’ is more compact than the species so is a great fit for smaller garden spaces and even containers. In spring, this one features abundant bottlebrush-like spires of sweetly fragrant white flowers radiating outwards from the 3 to 4 feet tall and wide mound of dense bright green leaves. Butterflies and a variety of other beneficial pollinators are attracted to the sweet scent and will also enjoy browsing the flowers. But the color show doesn’t end with the spring bloom. With the arrival of cooler temperatures in the fall the foliage turns striking shades or burgundy-red. A versatile and extremely low-maintenance shrub for sun or shade and moist soil, and you might be happy to know the deer turn their nose up to it.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing in a dense rounded mound 3 to 4 feet tall and equally as wide, Love Child Sweetspire is ideal for use as an accent in smaller garden spaces and containers or in groupings or as a natural hedge in sunny or shady landscape, flowering shrub and woodland borders where the soil tends to stay consistently moist to wet. Excellent near patios, porches, decks and other outdoor living spaces where the fragrant flowers, butterflies feeding and attractive foliage can be enjoyed from close up. he small size makes it perfect for smaller gardens and foundation plantings. A fine addition to butterfly and hummingbird gardens, fragrance gardens, native plant gardens, cut flower gardens, white or red theme gardens, or sunny or shady woodland gardens.
Suggested Spacing: 3 to 3.5 feet apart for solid hedges; 7 feet or more apart for space between plants
Growing Preferences
The Love Child Sweetspire is very adaptable and easy-to-grow native in most any moist but well-drained to periodically wet soil in full sun to heavy shade. Also has drought tolerance when established. Very little if any pruning required.
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Nice healthy robust plants went into the ground with ease and after several weeks look like they’ve been there forever. Their size gives instant impact to the planting site. Very happy with my purchase.———————————————————————Thanks for the kind words and awesome review! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
These plants are gorgeous! They arrived is excellent condition & are happy in their new home.————————————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
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