Reading Eagle: Fizzy Mizzy Sweetspire coming in 2022 to check off all your boxes Fizzy Mizzy Sweetspire coming in 2022 to check off all your boxes If you're tired of struggling with shade, sun, and soil pH for your hydrangeas, there's a shrub that can stop these types of gardening headaches before they begin. The Virginia sweetspire (Itea ... Penn Live: Time to give up on the scraggly sweetspire plants?

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Gardening Q&A with George Weigel Q: My Virginia sweetspire plants have looked awful by summer's end the last two years. The leaves have been getting black spots, and now my tree-care company told me they noticed scale insects. They ... Time to give up on the scraggly sweetspire plants?

Key Insights

Gardening Q&A with George Weigel PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Here's an easy-to-grow native shrub with multiple seasons of interest from spring flowers to show-stopping fall color. Itea virginica, also known as Virginia Sweetspire. In May, ... I planted some Virginia sweetspire a couple of years ago. It's pretty, but it has taken over several of my flower beds.

Final Thoughts

No amount of spraying/killing gets rid of it. It just keeps coming. What should ... Savannah Morning News: These sweetspires will sweeten the air with their multiple blooms The Lowell Sun: On Gardening: Fizzy Mizzy Sweetspire coming in 2022 to check off all your boxes On Gardening: Fizzy Mizzy Sweetspire coming in 2022 to check off all your boxes