20 White NEW JERSEY TEA Hummingbird Flower Ceanothus Americanus Shrub Seeds

Description:
Name: New Jersey Tea
Other common names: Red Root, Mountain Sweet, Wild Snowball
Scientific name: Ceanothus Americanus
Color: White
Plant seeds: Fall sow seeds or cold stratify
Bloom time: May – July
Hardiness zone: 3 – 9
Plant height: 36 inches
Plant spacing: 18 – 36 inches
Light requirements: Sun – Part shade
Soil & water preferences: Average – Dry
Quantity: 20 seeds

About this product:
The New Jersey Tea is a highly ornamental small shrub native to North America. It features numerous 2-inch clusters of white, funnel-shaped, fragrant flowers from May to July. These flowers are rich in nectar and attract hummingbirds, bees, including honey bees, and butterflies. It also serves as a host plant for butterflies. Adaptable to plains and prairies, the Ceanothus Americanus can endure drought and thrives in sandy or rocky soils. Despite not being a legume, it is capable of nitrogen fixation which can enhance soil fertility. This shrub gets the name “New Jersey Tea” because its leaves were used as a tea substitute during the Revolutionary War. It is also known as “Red Root” due to its sweetly scented red roots.