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Sweetshrub (Carolina Allspice) - Calycanthus Floridus - 5 Gallon Pot
Sweetshrub (Carolina Allspice) - Calycanthus Floridus - 5 Gallon Pot
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Sweetshrub
Calycanthus floridus
Other Names: Carolina Allspice, Eastern Sweetshrub, Florida Spice Bush, Strawberry Shrub, Sweet Bettie, Sweet-Scented Shrub, Sweet Bubby, Bubby Blossom, Spicebush
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 4b-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Deciduous Flowering Shrub
Height at Maturity: 6-8'
Width at Maturity: 6-8'
Spacing: 5-6' for solid hedge; 16'+ for space between plants.
Growth Habit / Form: Upright, Broad, Bushy
Growth Rate: Fast
Flower Color: Burgundy
Flower Size: 1.5"
Flowering Period: Late Spring through Summer
Flower Type: Double
Fragrant Flowers: Yes, strawberry-scented
Foliage Color: Deep Green
Fragrant Foliage: No
Berries: No
Berry Color: NA
Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Dappled or Afternoon Shade, All Day Filtered Sun, Morning Shade with Evening Sun
Water Needs: Average
Soil Type: Clay (amended), Loam, Sandy (amended), Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist
Soil pH: 5.5 - 7.5 (Moderatly Acid to Slightly Alkaline)
Maintenance / Care: Very Low
Attracts: Visual Attention, Butterflies
Resistances: Deer - more info, Disease, Drought, Heat, Humidity, Insect
Other Common Names: Spice Bush, Carolina Allspice, Strawberry Bush, Bubby Bush, Sweet Betsy, Sweet Bubby and Sweet Booby
Description
A North American native flowering shrub that anyone can grow, Sweetshrub is adored for its wonderfully fragrant flowers. The distinctive maroon-red spider-like flowers are produced in abundance during spring through early summer and have a combined fragrance of strawberry, cantaloupe, spiced apple, and burgundy wine that is sure to please the soul.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing 6 to 8 feet tall and wide, the Sweetshrub is ideal for use as a specimen, grouping, background or natural hedge in sunny to partially shaded landscape or flowering shrub and woodland borders. Sweetshrub is ideal for planting close to the house near a window or entryway where the fragrance may drift indoors. Plant additional plants by a favorite path or sitting area. A fine addition to cottage, red theme gardens, wildlife and North American native plant gardens.
Suggested Spacing: 5 to 6 feet apart for solid hedge; 16 feet or more for space between plants
Growing Preferences
Sweetshrub is exceptionally easy to grow in a most any moist but well-drained soil of average fertility and full sun to part shade. We've seen no serious insect or disease problems and plants are quite drought tolerant when established.
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