Comptonia peregrina Medicinal Plants Buddleia 'Pink Delight' is topped

Buddleia 'Pink Delight' is topped with large 1' long flower heads delighting both butterflies and hummingbirds from June until frost

Good drainage is a key to success

Since Polystichum acrostichoides holds onto its leaves for several years

Flowering is heaviest in late spring

Comptonia peregrina Medicinal Plants Buddleia 'Pink Delight' is toppedI am not a fern I am a shrub and a fragrant one at that! The common name, sweet fern, sums up its namesake well. Comptonia hails from Canada south to northern Georgia, where it is usually found on sandy dry soils in full sun as well as under an open canopy of sparse pine trees. The thick, fern like, green leaves are deliciously fragrant, as is common in its family, Myricaceae think wax myrtles. Comptonia peregrina spreads by short stolons, so don't