A wonderful native plant that grows easily from the New Jersey Pine Barrens to Florida and west to Missouri.
Two superior varieties are ‘Henrys Garnet’ and ‘Little Henry’ that get to 4-5’ and 2-3’ respectively. These super hardy plants get long, pendulous white flowers in June and a spectacular russet-red fall leaf color.
They love wet sites but will be happy in dry soils, too. Virginia Sweetspires colonize (spreads) by stolons, but are easily contained if that is the desire. Sweetspire loves full sun as long as the soil is moist, but can take ½ day exposure, too.
There are no known pests or predators; however you will love this plant as much as the butterflies and other pollinators do.
