Itea virginica 'Bailteaone' ~ First Editions® Love Child® Sweetspire size-3-g rot and rust

rot and rust

It prefers full sun and is adaptable to a variety of soil conditions

then they become sweet and tender

The lustrous dark green foliage with pointed lobes and pale undersides turn brownish-red in fall

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Itea virginica 'Bailteaone' ~ First Editions® Love Child® Sweetspire size-3-g rot and rustLove Child Sweetspire is a rounded deciduous shrub with bright green foliage that turns burgundy in fall. Small fragrant white flowers bloom on drooping cylindrical racemes from spring into summer and are followed by berries. Prefers rich, moist to wet well drained soils. Can form dense colonies if suckers are left unchecked. Deer resistant. Itea virginica is a host plant for the American Holly Azure butterfly if in the coastal plains, otherwise it