September 30, 2025

Virginia Sweetspire (Itea virginica) showing off its colors of autumn.

This Sweetspire is native to the southeast United States, blooming in May and June with fragrant, cylindrical, brushlike inflorescences that attract many bees and butterflies. Next come seedheads that attract songbirds.

Growing to 4 or 5 feet tall, often found in swamps, stream banks, and floodplains. 

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