Mountain Pepper Bush {Clethra acuminata} Organic Heirloom | NON GMO | Fragrant Showy Blooms | 30+ seeds

An underutilized medium-sized shrub native to rocky, mountainous sites in 
the southeastern United States. The 3-8" drooping racemes of fragrant, white 
flowers appear in July and August creating a wonderful effect in the garden. 
Plants are also pleasing in winter with their striking, exfoliating, 
cinnamon-red bark. Our specimen has grown without complaint for numerous years 
on a dry slope in the shadows of a native red oak.
Mtn Pepper bush blooms heavily from mid to late summer in showy upright to drooping 
flower spikes filled with small white or pink flowers. Sweetly scented, the nectar
- and pollen-rich flowers sustain bees and butterflies. In September to October, 
the foliage turns shades of yellow or gold when flowers give way to delicate dark 
brown seed capsules, which may persist into winter, unless consumed by hungry songbirds.