Comptonia peregrina, Sweet Fern gritty soils Held aloft above bronzed spring

Held aloft above bronzed spring foliage

'Chocoholic' has purple-bronze (okay

'Snowfire') is a hybrid of Cistus x dansereaui 'Decumbens'

white flowers bloom mid to late summer

Comptonia peregrina, Sweet Fern gritty soils Held aloft above bronzed springEvergreen, C. peregrina has fern like leaves that also smell sweetly of fern. It has an exotic look but is eminently useful as a bank stabilizer or a colonizer in areas of very poor soil. The yellowish green spring flowers don't amount to much, but the nutlets that they give way to are interesting in combination with its unusual foliage. It comes from poor, gravelly infertile soils of eastern North America. Mature size: 2 5 ft T x 2 4 ft W Minimum