64+ Carolina Allspice Calycanthus Floridus

It was named calycanthus after the greek for calix and flower describing its characteristic colored calix. Belonging to the family calycanthaceae family and the calycanthus floridus genus you might also hear the carolina allspice referred to by its other common names including bubby bush hairy allspice sweetshrub or strawberry bush recognizing its berry like fragrance.

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ensemble Carolina allspice calycanthus floridus!!!

You don t often see carolina allspice shrubs calycanthus floridus in cultivated landscapes possibly because the flowers are usually hidden beneath the outer layer of foliage. 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. Growing in usda zones 4 to 9 this native shrub averages 8 feet tall but grows up to 10 feet tall spreading generously up to 12 feet. Calycanthus floridus is very resistant to disease and insect problems.

It is perhaps the most widely planted and beloved native of the southeast. The plant contains an alkaloid that has a powerfully depressant action on the heart. Commonly called sweet shrub or strawberry bush in reference to the wonderfully fragrant blooms which are typically described as combining hints of pineapple strawberry and banana. Calycanthus is a dense rounded deciduous shrub with a suckering habit which grows in the 6 to 9 foot tall range with an equal or slightly larger width.

Carolina allspice flowering shrub calycanthus floridus has fragrant flowering shrubs leaves are amazingly aromatic when bruised. Carolina allspice is a dense rounded shrub reaching 6 to 9 feet high. The current name was recorded in 1726. Carolina allspice latin name.

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