Itea virginica 'Sprich' ~ Little Henry® Sweetspire tolerates-clay-soil The fine blue green foliage

The fine blue green foliage is topped with tall airy ivory plumes that bloom above the foliage in fall before tanning and persist into winter

The leaves are palmate (hand-shaped) with 5-7 lobes

fragrant flowers come in shades of pink and mauve and bloom in late spring to summer

then acquires purplish tint before exploding into intense shades of pink-orange

Liberty Holly is a dense upright evergreen shrub with distinctive heavily serrated glossy leaves on dark stems

Itea virginica 'Sprich' ~ Little Henry® Sweetspire tolerates-clay-soil The fine blue green foliageLittle Henry Sweetspire is a dwarf deciduous shrub that has long lasting fall color. The shiny bright green oval leaves turn garnet red and orange in fall and hold until early winter before being dropped. The tiny fragrant white flowers that blanket the shrub bloom on drooping cylindrical racemes in spring. Best fall color in full sun and rich moist well drained soils. Itea virginica is a host plant for the American Holly Azure butterfly if in the