sweetscent
Pluchea odorata
USDA zones8 to 11
SunHandles full sun to full shade
WaterHandles moderate to wet soil
Size2 to 4 feet tall2 to 3 feet wide
- Habit
- Subshrub
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Pink , purple
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Sweetscent (Pluchea odorata) is an annual for low maintenance gardens. This plant likes full sun to full shade and average to wet soil of most types. Pink-lavender flower heads form flat-topped clusters in early to late summer and again in early to late autumn. Bees and butterflies visit them, and the leaves carry a faint camphor scent. It sits low on the menu for deer. The plant reseeds readily in moist conditions.
Pairs well with Lemon Grass lemongrass, Wax myrtle, and Mondo grass.
Native range
AL, AR, AZ, CA, and 25 more places. See all 29
AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MS, NC, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OK, PA, RI, SC, TX, UT, and VA; ON.