Sweet Pepperbush

Sweet Pepperbush

Sweet Pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia):

Sweet pepperbush, also known as soap bush, is a lowland, moist understory shrub.  Its flowers are highly attractive to bees for its fragrant nectar.  When in bloom lowland woodlands take on a sweet floral odor. The name soap bush comes from the fact that the flower heads can be used as a bubbling, cleaning soap.

 

Katrina BergmanSweet Pepperbush