Clethra, Summersweet, Sweet Pepper Bush 'Sixteen Candles'

I was planning a fragrant garden in our part shade sandy soil/ zone 4.
It is hardy, easy to grow and no fuss. However it is not f...Read Moreragrant....Hence the neutral....

This is a newer cultivar that is a dwarf form that gets about 3 feet high and at least 4 feet wide, and wider in time. It suckers some in...Read More well-drained moist soils and more so in constantly moist or draining wet soils. It has oftentimes replaced the older similar cultivar of 'Hummingbird' because 'Sixteen Candles' holds its end twigs and flower clusters stiffly upright while the former's end twigs and flower clusters droop. Its cold hardiness should be USDA Zone 5 down thru Zone 8.