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  1. How to Grow and Care for Summersweet - The Spruce

    Summersweet is a medium-sized deciduous shrub known for its colorful, fragrant blooms that appear in late summer. Its flowers are significant for their large size, late blooming period, and …

  2. A Growing Guide for Summersweet Shrubs - Garden Design

    Summersweet (Clethra alnifolia) is one garden plant that truly lives up to its name, producing an abundance of sweetly scented flowers during the waning days of summer, when few other …

  3. How to Plant and Grow Summersweet - Better Homes & Gardens

    Jul 27, 2023 · A North American native, summersweet marks the ending of summer with its fragrant white flowers. This small to medium shrub starts blooming in August and continues …

  4. Growing and Caring for Summersweet Plant (Clethra alnifolia)

    The summersweet plant is a deciduous shrub with dark, shiny foliage during the summer and yellowish brown foliage during the fall. It blooms in late summer producing colorful vertical …

  5. Clethra alnifolia - Plant Finder - Missouri Botanical Garden

    Clethra alnifolia, commonly called summersweet, is a deciduous shrub that is native to swampy woodlands, wet marshes, stream banks and seashores, often in sandy soils, along the coast …

  6. How to Grow a Summersweet (Clethra) Shrub - Birds and Blooms

    Mar 26, 2025 · Native to eastern North America and west to Texas, summersweet (Clethra alnifolia) is found in moist areas such as swamps, wetlands, and floodplains. This deciduous …

  7. Clethra alnifolia ‘Hummingbird’ (Summersweet) - Gardenia

    Clethra alnifolia ‘Hummingbird’ (Summersweet) is a gorgeous, compact, slowly spreading, deciduous shrub that features bottlebrush spikes of extremely fragrant white flowers which …

  8. Summersweet Plant - Tips For Clethra Alnifolia Care | Gardening Know How

    Dec 11, 2022 · Summersweet plant (Clethra alnifolia), also known as pepper bush, is an ornamental shrub with spikes of spicy-smelling white flowers. Blooming often takes place in …

  9. Summersweet - North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox

    Coastal sweet-pepperbush is unique among flowering shrubs because it blooms in shady locations in late summer when few other shrubs are in bloom. It is a good bee plant, and the …

  10. Summersweet - University of Maryland Extension

    Jun 21, 2023 · Looking for a Maryland native shrub that produces fragrant flowers? Sweet pepperbush, also called summersweet (Clethra alnifolia) is a great flowering plant for a …