Virginia sweetspire is a common landscape shrub that grows in moist woodlands (often coastal woodlands) but is adaptable to most any garden. Preference is for full sun to light shade and moist to average soil. Wild plants are variable and can range in height from 3 to 8 feet tall. Our ecotype comes from Zoar Mountain near Richmond where the plants tend to tower at 8 or even 10 feet tall. White streamer-like flower clusters appear June-July. Zone 5-9. VA ecotype.