Sweet Pepperbrush Purple boasting lovely fern-like gray-green leaves

boasting lovely fern-like gray-green leaves on sturdy stems

Because it tends to spread through underground stems

funnel-shaped yellow flowers

this resilient plant can handle chilly temperatures down to 0 º F

While it can handle summer heat and humidity

Sweet Pepperbrush Purple boasting lovely fern-like gray-green leavesClethra alnifolia Common Names: Sweet Pepperbrush, Coastal Pepperbush, Alderleaf Clethra, Summersweet. A deciduous shrub that is native to swampy woodlands, wet marshes, stream banks and seashores, often in sandy soils. It is rounded, suckering, and densely branched, typically growing to 3 6 (less frequently up to 12) tall and is noted for producing a mid to late summer bloom of sweetly fragrant white flowers which appear in narrow, upright panicles