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white alder 'Ruby spice'

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Ruby Spice' is a vigorous shrub, up to 1.5m high, with glossy dark green leaves which turn yellow in autumn. Numerous short spikes of sweetly clove-scented rich pink flowers (which unlike some cultivars, are not prone to fading) appear in late summer and early autumn

Scientific classification

Species: white alder 'Ruby spice' (Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice')
Genus: Clethra
Family: Clethraceae

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Toxicity: Shrubs
Plant type: 1-1.5 metres
Height: 1-1.5 metres
Spread: Deciduous
Foliage: Suckering
Habit: Autumn · Spring · Summer
Season of interest: Partial shade
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Distribution of white alder 'Ruby spice'

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Quick identification of white alder 'Ruby spice'

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white alder 'Ruby spice' care guide

Moderate regular watering, allowing brief slight drying between soakings
Watering: Partial shade
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Watering

Moderate regular watering, allowing brief slight drying between soakings

Fertilizing

Balanced perennial feed every four weeks from spring through summer

Pruning

Little pruning is needed. Remove diseased, damaged, crowded or crossing shoots and unwanted growth. Timing depends on the plant: generally late winter or early spring; plants prone to bleeding and deciduous magnolias need different timing, and deciduous azaleas and lilacs are pruned after flowering.

Propagation

Propagate by division of suckers, by heeled semi-ripe cuttings of lateral shoots in summer, or by layering in late autumn or early spring

Growing

Grow in humus-rich, moist, well-drained, lime-free soil in dappled shade, in the shelter of an open woodland garden or a lightly-shaded shrub border; after pruning, mulch with well-rotted leaf mould

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