Latin Name: Lindera benzoin
Height: 6 - 12 feet
Spread: 6 - 12 feet
Sunlight: Full Sun; Part Sun; Part Shade
Bloom Time: March
Hardiness Zone: 4-9
Description:Northern Spicebush is a native shrub that features aromatic foliage that turns yellow in autumn. This foliage also provides food for the spicebush butterfly larva. Female shrubs will have green-yellow flowers in spring. The male flowers are larger and showier than the female flowers. Female flowers will give way to bright red drupes that have a peppery scent and taste when pollinated by a male flower. This means Spicebush is dioecious, that it requires both a male plant and female plant for berry production/ Spicebushes perform better when in average to moist soils, especially in hotter environments. While it is shade tolerant, it does not perform well in dense shade.
Attracts: Butterflies; Birds
Other Names: Spice Bush