30+ Calycanthus

A showy new variety with large fragrant bright red magnolia like blooms take full advantage of the glossy foliage and sweet apple like scent by planting near an entry or outdoor living space. This species is the result of a cross between calycanthus chinensis and calycanthus floridus.

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Calycanthus

You re probably wondering if it s fragrant and the answer is it depends. The eastern sweetshrub is a native shrub that reaches 6 to 9 feet in height. Some people say they smell like pineapple others apples others bubblegum and some.

It will grow somewhat taller in shade than in sun. Calycanthus chinensis sinocalycanthus chinensis zones us ms ls cs. Eastern sweetshrub calycanthus floridus l by rhonda stewart.

The scent varies based on the age of the bloom the time of day and the flower itself. Sweet shrub grows best in average medium well drained soil in full sun to part shade. The genus calycanthus is comprised of a few species of deciduous shrubs grown for their fragrant usually red or brown flowers that look like waterlilies or magnolia flowers.

Calycanthus raulstonii commonly known as raulston s allspice or sweetshrub is a large upright rounded thicket forming multi stemmed suckering deciduous shrub which typically grows to 8 10 tall and as wide. Useful in shrub borders and native plant gardens. Calycanthus floridus commonly called carolina allspice is a dense rounded deciduous shrub with a suckering habit which grows 6 9 less frequently to 12 tall with an equal or slightly greater spread.

Sweetshrub calycanthus floridus has many common names including carolina allspice strawberry bush sweet bubby sweet betsy and spicebush as these names indicate it is valued for the sweet often fruity fragrance of its flowers. The foliage smells like cloves when crushed and sometimes turns yellow in the fall. Calycanthus floridus commonly called carolina allspice is a dense rounded deciduous shrub with a suckering habit which grows 5 6 tall with an equal or slightly greater spread.

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