Description
A shrub with a round, dense habit that can grow up to 1.5 m but which will stay shorter in dry and poor sites. It will lighten up a partly shaded area when it flowers with a multitude of white, fragrant flowers in round clusters that are attracting hummingbirds! But it grows equally well in full sun.
It has multiple qualities: plant larval host for butterflies, wildlife and medicinal values. It can be used as specimen or in groups; suitable to form a drought tolerant native hedge.
Employed in herbal medicine today, the roots were traditionally utilized by North American natives for their antiseptic properties. Later, the leaves which have a wintergreen fragrance, were used as a tea substitute during the Revolutionary War, hence its common name.
Germination: very good germination has been obtained after soaking the seeds in hot water, followed by 2 months cold-moist stratification (4˚C). Fall sowing (cold/moist stratification) without hot water treatment – will give good results as well, but it will take longer for the seeds to germinate.
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