| Description | Short n Sweet Itea (Itea virginica) Has the white flowers and fall foliage color of the parents just a more compact plant. |
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| Pronunciation | (eye-TEE-ah)(ver-JIN-ih-kah) |
| Plant Type | Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny |
| Moisture | average prefers moist, very tolerant of wet areas, |
| Soil & Site | moist well-drained tolerates average |
| Flowers | white, fragrant, drooping racemes, early June |
| Leaves | oval dark green, reds, and oranges in the fall |
| Dimensions | 3 by 4 feet (HS), probably a little bigger in ideal conditions |
| Maintenance | prune after blooming |
| Native Site | Species plant native to wet areas in the coastal plain from southern New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania to Florida and Louisiana, then north along the Mississippi to southern Illinois. |
| Cultivar Origin | Mark Griffin |
| Misc Facts | Genus name comes from the Greek word for willow in reference to the similarity of the leaves or flower clusters to those of some willows. Species names refers to from Virginia. AKA: Virginia sweetspire |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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