Summersweet Shrub Size. A North American native summersweet marks the ending of summer with its fragrant white flowers. Fragrant white flowers in small spikes July and August.
The larger shrubs act as a great floral backdrop to borders or eye-catching stand-alone features. A full sun to part shade lover this plant is. It has dark glossy foliage and holds its tight dense shape without pruning.
A dependable shrub that is native from coastal Maine south to north Florida and then west to the eastern edge of Texas.
It is a rounded suckering densely-branched deciduous shrub that typically grows to 3-6 less frequently to 8 tall and is noted for producing a mid to late summer bloom of. Its sweetly scented blooms also bear a hint of spicy pepper resulting in its common name of sweet pepperbush. Function This shrub is useful as a single specimen in the ornamental garden. Start at the top of the shrub and work your way down to the bottom.
