Exposure
Shade
Part Shade
Growth Rate
Medium
Flower Color
White
Foliage Color (summer)
Blue
Green
Nature Attraction
Attracts Butterflies
Attracts Hummingbirds
Season of Interest (Foliage)
Summer Flowers
Best Characteristics
Flower
Foliage
Soil Moisture Needs
Average
Adapts well to wet areas
Plant Type
Shrub
Best Usages
Near Water Gardens or Ponds
Mass Planting
Accent Plant
Attributes
Fragrant
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Clethra alnifolia 'Sixteen Candles'

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SUMMERSWEET SIXTEEN CANDLES

Sixteen Candles Summersweet An improved variety holding the flowers upright like candles on a birthday cake. Superior dense, mounded habit and larger blooms. Dark green foliage. Fragrant white flowers in mid-summer and yellow fall color. An excellent summer flowering shrub that does well in shade and wet areas.

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Homeowner Growing & Maintenance Tips:
Sixteen Candles is easy to grow, and adapts to most conditions. Feed once a year with a slow release fertilizer.
To give your plant the best start possible, we include a free fertilizer packet.
USDA Hardiness Zone
4 thru 9
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Height
30 Inches
Spread
42 Inches
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Sku #2676 Shrub - 1 gallon Potted = (2.64 qrts / 2.51 liters) - * - (1198 units available - SG) $16.95
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Sku #2855 Shrub - 3 gallon Potted = (2.90 gallons / 11.0 liters) - three year plant - * - (574 units available - SG) $36.95
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