Plants of the Clethraceae Family at BCA

The following species and varieties are currently (or recently were) in the collections at Boone County Arboretum. This list is certainly not exhaustive -- additional taxa may be available in the trade, or may have been removed from our collection and thus removed from this list. To include taxa that are no longer present, go to this other list.

Genus: Clethra

  • Clethra alnifolia

    Summersweet Clethra, Sweet Pepperbush
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    • Clethra alnifolia // Summersweet Clethra, Sweet Pepperbush ("straight species")
    • Clethra alnifolia 'Rosea' // Pink (Rosea) Summersweet Clethra
    • Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice' // Ruby Spice Summersweet Clethra