Itea Little Henry®

Add fragrant spring flowers and garnet-red fall color to compact native plantings. Little Henry® Sweetspire forms a dwarf deciduous mound with shiny green leaves and fragrant white flower racemes. The foliage turns red and orange in fall and may hold its color into early winter.

Growing Guide

  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun to Part Sun
  • USDA Hardiness Zones: 5 - 9
  • Mature Height: 1.5'–2'
  • Mature Width: 2'–2.5'
  • Spacing: 2'
  • Soil: Rich, moist to wet, well-drained soil
  • Water Needs: Moderate to High
  • Growth Rate: Moderate

Plant Details

  • Botanical Name: Itea virginica 'Sprich'
  • Common Name: Little Henry® Sweetspire
  • Plant Type: Deciduous Native Shrub
  • Bloom Color: White
  • Season of Interest: Spring, Summer, Fall
  • Foliage: Deciduous
  • Growth Habit: Dwarf and Mounding
  • Pollinator Friendly: Yes

Key Features

  • Fragrant white spring flowers
  • Garnet-red and orange fall foliage
  • Compact dwarf habit
  • Native pollinator value
  • Tolerates wet soil

Landscape Uses

  • Foundation plantings
  • Rain gardens
  • Native gardens
  • Mass plantings
  • Pollinator gardens

Planting & Care Tips

  • Plant in full sun to part sun.
  • Provide rich, moist soil.
  • Water regularly during establishment.
  • Prune after flowering only if shaping is needed.

Companion Plants

  • Itea Henry's Garnet
  • Clethra Sixteen Candles
  • Hydrangea Jetstream™
  • Carex Evergold
  • Liriope Big Blue

Please Note: Our photos represent the variety you will receive. Because plants are living products, size and fullness may vary naturally with the season and stage of growth, while remaining true to the variety shown.

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Little Henry Sweetspire with white flowers and red orange fall foliage
Little Henry Sweetspire with white flowers and red orange fall foliage
Little Henry Sweetspire with white flowers and red orange fall foliage
Little Henry Sweetspire with white flowers and red orange fall foliage
Little Henry Sweetspire with white flowers and red orange fall foliage
Little Henry Sweetspire with white flowers and red orange fall foliage
Little Henry Sweetspire with white flowers and red orange fall foliage
Little Henry Sweetspire with white flowers and red orange fall foliage
Little Henry Sweetspire with white flowers and red orange fall foliage
Little Henry Sweetspire with white flowers and red orange fall foliage
Little Henry Sweetspire with white flowers and red orange fall foliage
Little Henry Sweetspire with white flowers and red orange fall foliage
Little Henry Sweetspire with white flowers and red orange fall foliage
Little Henry Sweetspire with white flowers and red orange fall foliage
Little Henry Sweetspire with white flowers and red orange fall foliage
Little Henry Sweetspire with white flowers and red orange fall foliage
Little Henry Sweetspire with white flowers and red orange fall foliage
Little Henry Sweetspire with white flowers and red orange fall foliage
Little Henry Sweetspire with white flowers and red orange fall foliage
Little Henry Sweetspire with white flowers and red orange fall foliage

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