Coastal Sweetpepperbush

Clethra alnifolia

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Botanical name
Clethra alnifolia
Also known as
Coastal Sweet Pepperbush, Coastal Sweetpepperbush, Pink-Spire, Summersweet, Summersweet Clethra, Sweet Pepperbush
Family
Clethraceae
Genus
Clethra
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Coastal Sweetpepperbush

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Clethra alnifolia but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Clethra alnifolia f. alnifolia Clethra alnifolia f. paniculata Clethra alnifolia f. rosea Clethra alnifolia var. alnifolia Clethra alnifolia var. denudata Clethra alnifolia var. glabella Clethra alnifolia var. paniculata Clethra alnifolia var. paniculata Clethra alnifolia var. rosea Clethra angustifolia Clethra bracteata Clethra dentata Clethra incana Clethra paniculata Clethra pubescens Clethra pumila

Others in Clethra

Clethra lanata
Clethra acuminata
Mountain Sweet Pepperbush
Clethra barbinervis
Japanese Clethra
Clethra bodinieri
Clethra canescens
Clethra conzattiana
Clethra alcoceri
Clethra arfakana

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