Itea virginica 'Bailteaone' ~ First Editions® Love Child® Sweetspire steward-pollinator Aquilegia canadensis Little Lanterns 5zz

Aquilegia canadensis Little Lanterns 5zz

hence the name "October Glory"

IMAGE: Marc Ryckaert (MJJR)

Unlike the native species

Grows best in full sun and dry well-drained soils

Itea virginica 'Bailteaone' ~ First Editions® Love Child® Sweetspire steward-pollinator Aquilegia canadensis Little Lanterns 5zzLove Child Sweetspire is a rounded deciduous shrub with bright green foliage that turns burgundy in fall. Small fragrant white flowers bloom on drooping cylindrical racemes from spring into summer and are followed by berries. Prefers rich, moist to wet well drained soils. Can form dense colonies if suckers are left unchecked. Deer resistant. Itea virginica is a host plant for the American Holly Azure butterfly if in the coastal plains, otherwise it