Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice' ruby spice oyster shells

oyster shells

and dangling bean-like seed pods that persist through the winter)

Carpinus betulus ‘Fastigiata’ (Pyramidal European Hornbeam) starts out with a narrow pyramidal crown which eventually ends up as a wide ovoid

slender flowering stems to 2m high

If a planter is to be left planted over the winter

Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice' ruby spice oyster shellsClethra alnifolia Ruby Spice is most noted for its fragrant rose pink flowers that bloom in late summer commonly called summersweet, is a deciduous shrub that is native to swampy woodlands, wet marshes, stream banks and seashores, often in sandy soils, along the coast. It is a rounded, suckering, densely branched, deciduous shrub that typically grows to 3 6 tall and is noted for producing a mid to late summer bloom of sweetly fragrant pink flowers