Summersweet, Clethra
alnifolia, produces fragrant flowers
at the height of summer when few other shrubs are in bloom. The
flowers are usually white - in the cultivar ‘Ruby
Spice’ shown here they are a nice shade of pink. Either
color provides a popular nectar source for butterflies and
bees.
Shrubs A-F
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Updated March 2007
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Species
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Common Name
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Catskill Native?
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Distribution
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Available?
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Aesculus parviflora
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Bottlebrush Buckeye
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No
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Alabama, Georgia and
South Carolina
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Yes
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Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Regent’
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Saskatoon
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No
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Quebec to Alaska south to
California and Nebraska
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Yes
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Amelanchier stolonifera
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Running Serviceberry
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Yes
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Newfoundland to Manitoba south
to Alabama and Georgia
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June
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Amelanchier ‘Prince William’
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Serviceberry
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Cultivar
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-
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Yes
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Amelanchier ‘Success’
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Serviceberry
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Cultivar
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-
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No
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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
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Bearberry
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Yes
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Newfoundland to Alaska south to
California and New Jersey
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Yes
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Aronia arbutifolia
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see Photinia
pyrifolia
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Aronia melanocarpa
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see Photinia
melanocarpa
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Calycanthus floridus
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Sweetshrub
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No
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Massachusetts to Kentucky south
to Louisiana and Florida
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Yes
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Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’
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Sweetshrub
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Cultivar
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-
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Yes
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Ceanothus americanus
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New Jersey Tea
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Yes
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Quebec to Minnesota south to
Texas and Florida
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Yes
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Cephalanthus occidentalis
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Buttonbush
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Yes
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Nova Scotia to Minnesota south
to California and Florida
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Yes
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Chamaecyparis thyoides ‘Heatherbun’
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Dwarf White Cedar
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Cultivar
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-
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Yes
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Chamaedaphne calyculata
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Leatherleaf
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Yes
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Newfoundland to Alaska south to
Iowa and Georgia
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Yes
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Clethra alnifolia
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Summersweet
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Yes
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Nova Scotia to Texas and
Florida
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Yes
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Clethra alnifolia ‘Anne Bidwell’
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Summersweet
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Cultivar
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-
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No
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Clethra alnifolia ‘Hummingbird’
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Summersweet
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Cultivar
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-
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Yes
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Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’
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Summersweet
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Cultivar
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-
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Yes
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Clethra alnifolia ‘Sixteen Candles’
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Summersweet
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Cultivar
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-
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No
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Comptonia peregrina
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Sweetfern
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Yes
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Nova Scotia to Minnesota south
to South Carolina
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Yes
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Conradina verticillata
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Cumberland Rosemary
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No
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Tennessee
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Limited
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Cornus amomum
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Silky Dogwood
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Yes
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Maine to North Dakota south to
Oklahoma and Florida
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Yes
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Cornus canadensis
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Bunchberry
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Yes
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Newfoundland to Alaska south to
Oregon and Kentucky
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Limited
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Cornus racemosa
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Gray Dogwood
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Yes
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Maine to Manitoba south to
Texas and Virginia
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Yes
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Cornus rugosa
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Roundleaf Dogwood
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Yes
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Nova Scotia to Manitoba south
to Iowa and Delaware
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June
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Cornus sericea
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Red-osier Dogwood
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Yes
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Newfoundland to Alaska south to
California and Maryland
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Yes
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Cornus sericea ‘Arctic Fire’
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Red-osier Dogwood
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Cultivar
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-
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Yes
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Cornus sericea ‘Baileyi’
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Red-osier Dogwood
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Cultivar
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-
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Yes
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Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’
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Red-osier Dogwood
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Cultivar
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-
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Yes
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Cornus sericea ‘Flaviramea’
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Red-osier Dogwood
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Cultivar
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-
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Yes
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Cornus sericea ‘Silver & Gold’
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Red-osier Dogwood
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Cultivar
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-
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Yes
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Corylus ameriana
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American Hazelnut
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Yes
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Maine to Manitoba south to
Oklahoma and Georgia
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Yes
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Dasiphora floribunda Cultivars
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Shrubby Cinquefoil
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No
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Most cultivars are probably of
European origin
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Yes
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Diervilla lonicera
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Northern Bush-honeysuckle
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Yes
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Newfoundland to Saskatchewan
south to Iowa and Virginia
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Yes
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Dirca palustris
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Leatherwood
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Yes
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Maine to Minnesota south to
Arkansas and Florida
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Limited
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Elaeagnus commutata
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Silverberry
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No
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Quebec to Alaska south to
Idaho and Nebraska
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No
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Empetrum nigrum ‘Compass Harbor’
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Black Crowberry
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No
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Newfoundland to Alaska south to
California and New York
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Yes
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Euonymus americana
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Strawberry Bush
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No
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New Jersey to Missouri
south to Florida
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No
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Fothergilla gardenii
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Dwarf Witch-alder
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No
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North Carolina to Mississippi
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Yes
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Fothergilla major
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Mountain Witch-alder
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No
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North Carolina, Tennessee and
Alabama
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Limited
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Fothergilla major ‘Mt Airy’
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Mountain Witch-alder
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Cultivar
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-
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Yes
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