ornamental shrub
Ruby Spice summersweet
A native shrub that flowers when little else does and tolerates wet sites.
Growing Profile
- Hardiness
- Zones 4a-9a
- Sun
- partial, full
- Soil
- loam, clay
- Water
- high
- Goals
- Low-maintenance natives, Pollinators & wildlife, Curb appeal & color
Harvest & Use
fragrant pink flowers in late summer
Useful search phrase: Ruby Spice summersweet.
Plant Relationships
Plant guild Medium
Wet-site plants can anchor rain gardens and low spots together where average garden perennials would struggle.