Direct Gardening Hummingbird White Flowering Summersweet Bush Dormant Bare Root Starter Shrub

Hummingbird Summersweet is a powerhouse of fragrance, pollinator activity, and late‑season beauty. When most shrubs have finished blooming, this compact native lights up the garden with weeks of sweetly scented white flower spikes that draw butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds. Its ability to thrive in shade, tolerate wet soils, and deliver reliable blooms makes it an exceptional choice for woodland edges, rain gardens, and foundation plantings. If you want a shrub that’s beautiful, fragrant, and incredibly adaptable, Hummingbird Summersweet is a standout performer.

• Each offer includes one dormant starter plant grown in a 4 inch pot
• Has flowers that are extremely fragrant, white, and shaped like bottlebrush spikes; highly attractive to bees, butterflies, and other pollinators
• Flowers mid to late summer in full sun to partial shade
• Prefers moist, acidic, sandy or clay soils
• Hardy in USDA zones 3 to 9