| Description | Little Henry Itea (Itea virginica) Has the white flowers and fall foliage color of the parents just much smaller. |
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| Pronunciation | (eye-TEE-ah)(ver-JIN-ih-kah) |
| Plant Type | Shrubs Deciduous |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny |
| Moisture | average prefers moist, very tolerant of wet areas, |
| Soil & Site | moist well-drained tolerates average |
| Flowers | white, fragrant, drooping racemes, early June |
| Leaves | oval dark green, reds, and oranges in the fall |
| Dimensions | 2-3 by 2-3 feet (HS), probably a little bigger in ideal conditions |
| Maintenance | prune after blooming |
| Propagation | USPP 10,988 |
| Native Site | Species plant native to wet areas in the coastal plain from southern New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania to Florida and Louisiana, then north along the Mississippi to southern Illinois. |
| Cultivar Origin | A branch sport of the non-patented Itea virginica Meadowlark. Discovered by Richard Feist in Burlington Kentucky USA circa 1998 |
| Misc Facts | Genus name comes from the Greek word for willow in reference to the similarity of the leaves or flower clusters to those of some willows. Species names refers to from Virginia. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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