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    CLETHRA
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    CLETHRA

    Commonly known as Summer sweet, Sweet pepper bush, White alder

    The fruit which gives this shub its common name though pepper-like is not suitable for culinary use.

    Grown for their fragrant, bell- to cup-shaped flowers.

    Genus of more than 60 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs, from woodland, swamps and rocky places in eastern Asia and North America, with one species from Madeira (C. arborea).

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    • Good to know
      Good for a woodland garden.
    • Place of origin
      Eastern Asia and North America - one species from Madeira.
    • Deciduous
    • Evergreen
    • Tall Shrub
    • Butterfly friendly
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    Varieties
    CLETHRA alnifolia
    White scented species
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £16.50
    CLETHRA alnifolia 'Pink Spires'
    Delicate pink form
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £16.50
    CLETHRA alnifolia 'Ruby Spice'
    Blue green foliage and rich pink flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £17.50
    CLETHRA barbinervis
    Japanese clethra
    Long racemes of white flowers and good autumn colour
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £30.00
    Large
    £45.00
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    CLETHRA delavayi
    White flowers from pink buds in dense terminal racemes from late summer to autumn
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £17.50
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    CLETHRA kaipoensis
    White
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £30.00
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    Available again from APRIL 2025
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    CLETHRA tomentosa 'Cottondale'
    US species with long tapering racemes of flowers. Suckers are produced from the base of the plant to create a spreading clump
     
    Small
    £27.50
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    Estimated availability autumn 2025 Any time SEPT-DEC
    Not yet confirmed. Could be any time between September and December.
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    Large
    £50.00

    Useful extras...

    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    All-purpose Seaweed Stimulant
    All-purpose organic concentrated seaweed feed that is a ready to use, derived from sustainable harvested kelp, that can be used on all outdoor and indoor plants, except acid loving plants. Perfect used in conjunction with Rootgrow™.
    1 ltr
    £8.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    Q4 Pelleted Fertiliser
    A useful fertiliser suitable for use on a wide variety of plants. Q4 provides all the nutrients and trace elements essential for vigorous growth, abundant flowering and ripening of fruit.
    0.9 kg
    £6.00
    Unavailable
    2.5 kg
    £13.00
    Unavailable
    4.5 kg
    £25.00
    Garden Goodies
    Slate Plant Labels
    These wonderfully tactile natural slate plant labels are hand made in Cornwall and come with a chalk pen. Just stick them in your pot or border. Pack of 6.
    Stick in slate labels
    £10.00
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