QAUZUY GARDEN 20 Premium Pink Summersweet Seeds Coastal Sweet Pepperbush, Poor Man's Soap, Clethra Seeds - Attract Pollinators - Striking Fragrant Flowering Shrub Bush

Clethra alnifolia, the coastal sweetpepperbush or summersweet, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Clethra of the family Clethraceae, native to eastern North America from southern Nova Scotia and Maine south to northern Florida, and west to eastern Texas. It is a deciduous shrub which grows in wetlands, bogs and woodland streams. It is a deciduous shrub growing to 1.5–3 m (4 ft 11 in – 9 ft 10 in) tall. The leaves are obovate to oblong, 4–10 cm long and 2–4 cm broad, with a serrated margin; they are green turning yellow-golden during the autumn. The flowers are white or very pale pink, 5–10 mm in diameter, and have a sweet, somewhat cloying fragrance. The flowers are attractive to bumblebees; they are produced in racemes up to 15 cm long and 2 cm broad in late summer, depending on the cultivar. How to Grow Summersweet From Seed Summersweet seeds are easy to plant and they germinate quickly; seeds can be harvested in autumn and have no specific storage needs. They can be planted immediately, or the following spring. To do so: Fill seeding trays or pots with moist potting mixture, and press the seeds in so they are halfway-buried. Cover with a thin layer of sand, then keep them in low light under plastic. Water seedlings as needed, then plant when they're sturdy. There's no need for cold stratification to germinate. Overwintering Use a 3-inch layer of organic mulch to protect your summersweet in the winter. Once spring comes, you can rake it away.