NAME: Summersweet Bush OTHER COMMON NAMES: Rosea Summer-Sweet / Sweet Pepperbush SCIENTIFIC NAME: Clethra Alnifolia Rosea COLOR: Pink PLANT SEEDS: Spring or Fall BLOOM TIME: Mid Summer - Fall HARDINESS ZONE: 3 - 9 PLANT HEIGHT: 4 - 6' PLANT SPACING: 4 - 6' LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Part Shade SOIL WATER PREFERENCES: Average QUANTITY: 20 Seeds OTHER: Summersweet is an ornamental shrub that is native to the Eastern US. From mid summer to fall, the bushes explode with huge densely clustered 6" spikes of sweet fragrant flowers. The glossy leaves turn a lovely sunset yellow in fall. The deer resistant foliage is very dense, so they make a wonderful privacy screen around patios or can be uséd to hide air conditioning units, etc. Summersweet tolerates most soils, preferring it a bit moist, can grow in woodland settings or at waters edge.