Clethra/ summersweet- blooming now?

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sallyg Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b) Jul 30, 2009

Walked in a local park last week and today. Both times near the damp woods, SOMETHING is in bloom and very sweet, but what? Today I thought there may be clethra in there. It is indigenous(sp?) to the woods near here.
Is your Clethra in bloom now? Does the fragrance carry?

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Jul 31, 2009

They've been blooming for a week or so here, I'll check tomorrow and see how fragrant they are. They're small still, about three feet high with less than a dozen blooms.

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sallyg Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b) Jul 31, 2009

I'm just so curious about this fragrance from otherwise ordinary looking patch of woods. I should have gone bushwhacking but I was hot and tired (Addy too) by the time I thought of looking for clethra. If yours have been blooming a week or so, they may have started here a bit earlier.

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stormyla Norristown, PA(Zone 6b) Aug 13, 2009

Sally, yes, they are blooming and the smell is heavenly.

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sallyg Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b) Aug 13, 2009

Thanks- I was able to peek into the woods yestreday and am sure I saw some.

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