Featured Plants

FEATURED PLANTS

Plants specially selected for our area.

At Mostardi's we have been proud supporters of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Their Gold Medal Plant Program has influenced many of the plants we offer here at the nursery. We hope you will watch this site for featured plants.

Common Name: Clethra, Dwarf Summersweet

Botanical Name: Clethra alnifolia ‘Hummingbird’

Cultivar Name:

Plant Type: Deciduous Shrub

Description: Clethra alnifolia ‘Hummingbird’ is a dwarf Summersweet that displays full-size flowers on a compact 3’ plant. A fragrant, summer-blooming shrub, this American native is deer resistant and is a vigorous spreader. Hardy from zone 4 to zone 9.

Hardiness Zones: 4 to 8
Sun/Shade Preference: Any
Soil Condition Preference: Moist

Special Attributes:

Deer Resistant
Wet-site Tolerant
Fragrance
Fall Foliage Color
North American Native
Frost Tolerant

Plant Height: 0- 4 feet
Bloom Time: Summer Flower
Color: White Foliage Color: Green
Fall Color: Green

Plant Uses:

Urban Park
Understory
Border
Foundation
Container
Naturalizing
Shade / Woodland Gardens

Year Won: 1994

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Prunus 'Okame'

Osmanthus

'Weigela 'Wine & Roses'

Clethra, Dwarf Summersweet

Crape Myrtle 'Pink Velour'

Hydrangea 'Limelight'

Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet'

Daphne 'Jim's Pride'

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Mostardi Nursery is a garden center and nursery selling quality plants to the greater Philadelphia, PA area. We proudly serve Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.