Alphabet for Pollinators – C is for Clethra, Cosmos and Calendula

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We have seen A and B. Now we are up to C - Clethra alnifolia, commonly called summersweet, is a deciduous shrub that is native to swampy woodlands, wet marshes, stream banks and seashores. Because of my wet garden, this fragrant shrub thrives.  It is about four feet high. It gets lots of sun The sweetly fragrant white flowers  appear in narrow, upright panicles. It will bloom for a long season in mid to late summer. It attracts…