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Little Henry Sweetspire (Itea Virginica) Little Henry Sweetspire, is covered with sweetly scented white flowers that shoot off like a gazillion little sparklers in the early summer garden. The blooms are 6-8 inches long and resemble ropes, a quite unique sight. Little Henry’s fragrant white summer flowers attract butterflies and hummingbirds. It is a very compact and low mounding shrub, reaching 2 to 3-feet in height, and a spread of about the same. During the summer its dark green foliage becomes a stunning accent to other blooming shrubs. But in fall, Little Henry bursts into a bundle of flaming red foliage that tops the flashy burning bush. If burning bush has good fall color then this plant is a wildfire. And Little Henry holds onto its gorgeous colored leaves longer than burning bush and many other shrubs in the fall landscape. Like other native shrubs it adapts well to most soils, but this tough little guy also tolerates wet areas. However, once established Itea Little Henry is also reasonably drought tolerant. And while it thrives in full sun it will also strut its stuff in shady sites. You could almost call Little Henry the "anywhere shrub." These shrubs are growing in gallon pots in our greenhouse. Most bloomed last summer, so you can expect these to bloom in your garden this year. They will be shipped bare root with moist material around their roots.
Price: $10.99
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Fun Plant FactsAn African bugleweed synthesises in its tissues a substance similar to the hormone that controls the development of caterpillars. If a caterpillar is persuaded, experimentally, to ingest that substance, then when it turns into a butterfly it will develop two heads and die. -David Attenborough, The Private Life of Plants, p70 84% of a raw apple and 96% of a raw cucumber is water. A notch in a tree will remain the same distance from the ground as the tree grows. A pineapple is a berry. Arrowroot, an antidote for poisoned arrows, is used as a thickener in cooking (so if you ever get shot with a poison arrow, do not go to a doctor, look in your kitchen cabinet. Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams. Both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew cannabis sativa (marijuana) on their plantations. In the Netherlands, in 1634, a collector paid 1,000 pounds of cheese, four oxen, eight pigs, 12 sheep, a bed, and a suit of clothes for a single bulb of the Viceroy tulip. No species of wild plant produces a flower or blossom that is absolutely black, and so far, none has been developed artificially. Peanuts are beans. Quinine, one of the most important drugs known to man, is obtained from the dried bark of an evergreen tree native to South America. The California redwood - coast redwood and giant sequoia - are the tallest and largest living organism in the world. The largest single flower is the Rafflesia or "corpse flower". They are generally 3 feet in diameter with the record being 42 inches. The oldest living thing in existence is not a giant redwood, but a bristlecone pine in the White Mountains of California, dated to be aged 4,600 years old. The rose family of plants, in addition to flowers, gives us apples, pears, plums, cherries, almonds, peaches and apricots. Asparagus is a member of the lily family, which also includes onions, leeks, and garlic. The bright orange color of carrots tell you they are an excellent source of Vitamin A which is important for good eyesight, especially at night. Vitamin A helps your body fight infection, and keeps your skin and hair healthy. Onions contain a mild antibiotic that fights infections, soothes burns, tames bee stings and relieves the itch of athletes foot. One bushel of corn will sweeten more than 400 cans of pop. These facts are gathered from the internet and may or may not be true. |
