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Buy Calycanthus floridus

Also Known As

Carolina Allspice
Strawberry Shrub
Sweet Shrub

Plant type

shrub

size

H: 7'-10'
W: 4'-7'

planting zones

5a-9b

1 gallon | $16.02

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Calycanthus floridus plant details

Calycanthus floridus is an easy to grow, moderate-growing broadleaf deciduous shrub with green foliage. In spring and summer burgundy flowers emerge followed by brown fruit. Grows well with sun - mostly shade and even moisture - regular water. Does well in average, clay and well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Calycanthus floridus

Plant type: shrub
Plant family: calycanthaceae
Foliage: deciduous green
Mature size: 4 FT - 7 FT - wide, 7 FT - 10 FT - tall
Flowers: burgundy blooms in spring and summer
Uses: bare root shipping available, border plant, fall color, fragrant, spreading

GROWING CONDITIONS for Calycanthus floridus

USDA Zones: 5a - 9b
Sun exposure: sun - mostly shade
Watering frequency: even moisture - regular
Resistant to: deer
Soil needs: average, clay and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

An unusual yet easily-grown medium shrub native to the Southeastern United States features large, aromatic leaves (giving it one of its common names, Carolina allspice),fragrant reddish-brown flowers in mid-summer and lovely butter-yellow fall color; remove suckers if naturalization is not desired. S-PSh/M

By: Forestfarm

Sweet Shrub is valued for its sweet, cinnamon smelling dark wine-red flowers that open April to May. Also known as Carolina Allspice and bubby bush. Use for borders or in native gardens. Sweet Shrub is a great border shrub or used as a single foundation bush. Tolerates most soil conditions.

By: Maples N More Nursery

Carolina Allspice, Calycanthus floridus, is a medium sized shrub with sweetly fragrant flowers in May and dense, slightly glossy leaves. The fragrance varies between plants slightly but is usually a combination of the scents of strawberry, pineapple and banana. Allspice is an easily grown shrub with few pests or diseases, and plants rarely need pruning. Both the cold and heat tolerance is exceptional and plants will thrive in a wide variety of conditions but prefers well drained soil. In rich soil plants will sucker and form clumps.

By: Red Panda Nursery

A deciduous shrub typically broader than tall. It has an upright spreading form, and when planted in full sun it is dense and rounded. When planted in shade it has a more loose, open and irregular habit. Flowers are maroon to chocolate brown and have a spicy fragrance, especially in the evenings. Growth Rate medium

By: Garden World

Easily grown in many soil types, this medium (6-9 ft.) shrub has interesting maroon flowers that are heavily fruit-scented, appearing mostly in May. Some repeat bloom throughout the summer. Glossy leaves are aromatic. Best used in a group planting, it makes a great border plant. Seeds are formed within interesting urn-like capsules.

By: Heritage Seedlings

This medium sized native shrub reaching 4-5' tall in ten years, has reddish-brown flowers and glossy green leaves. It is mostly grown for fragrance, but is handsome in leaf and habit. Recommended by: the Garden Clubs of America, & the United States National Arboretum.

By: Fantastic Plants

The starry, rich burgundy tepals of these Magnolia-like blossoms have a fragrance variously reported as reminiscent of fresh strawberries, pineapple, bubblegum, and sometimes melon. The rich medium green foliage is spicily fragrant when crushed, and the bark has a fragrance similar to cinnamon or camphor. This is a deciduous spreading to upright, often suckering, SE US native shrub. May also provide yellow fall color. Item# 9445.

By: Almost Eden

Blooms: summer, red/ deciduous, yellow fall color, spicy fragrance when crushed. Zone 5-9. 5'-10', Eastern US, part shade-shade, moist, well drained

By: Keeping it Green Nursery

Sweetshrub will get to be a sizable bush (8' x 8') with spicy scented flowers in the summer. zone 5

By: Whitman Farms

A worthwhile plant for every garden. Nice in the shrub border. Great, fruity scent. Trouble-free shrub that has variable fall color, always nice, and in some years, spectacular! Many folks remember this scent from their grandmother's garden. The species is highly variable as far as scent goes. Our cloan is very sweet scented and is produced vegetatively, so all the babies are sweet smelling like the mama.

By: Lazy S'S Farm Nursery

This deciduous bushy shrub with dark green oval leaves to 5" is mainly grown for its sweet scented flowers appearing mid to late spring. The 2" dusky red blooms become brown fruit which hang on the plant through winter. All parts, but particularly the bark when dry, exude a camphor-like fragrance. (Put it in your drawers.) The Carolina Allspice reaches 8' x 10' at maturity. Plant in fertile, moist soil in sun; in warm climates plant in partial shade. A trouble free plant.