Sarah's Eve Sweetspire April 3, 2013

Sweetspire can be a little sparse, so I don't think it's a great plant to set out and showcase alone.  It is a fine woodland plant that looks great amongst other plants in a woodland setting.  It blooms in the spring.  And it has a fine red autumn color.  Sweetspire is semi-deciduous.  It never entirely drops its leaves.  It will colonize - spreading by underground runners which can easily be dug up and transplanted to other places in the garden or mowed down.  As the description of "woodland" suggests, sweetspires like shade.  There are several varieties of sweetspire.  I have Sarah's Eve, Virginia, and Henry's Garnet.