Carolina-Allspice

Tagged as: Plants for Shady Sites, not favored by deer, Intermediate Sized, Interesting Fruits of Trees & Shrubs, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites

Botanical Name:  Calycanthus floridus
Common Name:  Common Sweetshrub, Carolina-Allspice

Updated 2/2012

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Height:  6-9'  Spread:  6-12'  Habit/Form:  Rounded  Growth Rate:  Slow/Medium
Zone:  4-9

Cultural Requirements:  Sun to shade; adapts to acidic or alkaline soils.

Ornamental Characteristics:  Dark maroon, spicy, fragrant flowers; unusual leathery, urn-shaped fruiting capsules ripening and turning brown in September-October, dark green leaves turn yellow in fall.

Uses in the Landscape: specimen or border plant

Plant tolerant of flooded areas for extended periods of time.

Native to Midwest 

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