20+ Calycanthus Athens

Native from virginia to florida. Calycanthus floridus athens is a yellow flowered variant of the species.

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Calycanthus athens

Calycanthus floridus athens syn. Common names include carolina allspice and strawberry bush. Turn yellow in fall.

Leaves are oval to 5 inches glossy dark green above grayish green beneath. Sweet shrub grows best in average medium well drained soil in full sun to part shade. It features very fragrant yellow flowers 2 across which bloom in may.

Captivating bright magenta red magnolia like flowers are showcased in summer and early fall above glossy green waxy foliage. Specific epithet means of florida. This cultivar is good for usda zones 4 to 8.

Pale yellow flowers appear in spring and sporadically continue throughout summer. Useful in shrub borders and native plant gardens. Athens is a dense rounded deciduous shrub which grows up to 9 tall.

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. It will grow somewhat taller in shade than in sun. The only one of this shrub i have seen is at jenkins arboretum in southeast pennsylvania and its flowers looked more white when i viewed the plant.

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