Ruby Spice Summersweet or Sweet Pepperbush                KLETH-ra al-ni-FO-lee-ah

• Broadleaf deciduous shrub, flowers fragrant, reportedly a rich rose but here a light pink.
• Sun to partial shade.  Moist, acid soils, grows naturally in wet places.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 4   It was discovered in 1992 as a sport of C. alnifolia ‘Pink Spire’.