At first glance, it looks like a host of white-robed fairies are fluttering along a hedge. Then, you realize it’s hundreds of crepe- paper blooms on the hedge itself. “I wanted a hedge, but I didn’t ...

It was my nose that led me to clethra, a plant I was unfamiliar with until it bloomed in my garden (established by the former owner). Wondering at the source of an extraordinarily sweet perfume, I ...

The Garden Guy has known of the summersweet or Clethra alnifolia for over 20 years when the variety Hummingbird was selected as a Georgia Gold Medal Winner in 1996. If I may pose the question however, ...

This shrub is excellent for late summer blooms, and works well as either a stand-alone shrub or a hedge. It tolerates shade and clay soils, but prefers sandy soils that are kept consistently moist.

is a hard-working, sweet-natured plant. Nicknamed summersweet, Clethra thrives on moisture. Overindulges if the truth be known. If nothing's nearby to check her growth, she can expand indefinitely, by ...

Summer time and gardens are fragrant. The swamp magnolia are sweet but the linden is the most fragrant of all. Our citrus plants are so full of blooms you can smell them at a distance, nicotiana is ...