Latin Name: Calycanthus floridus ‘SMNCAF’
Height: 5 – 6 feet
Spread: 4 – 5 feet
Sunlight: Full Sun; Part Sun
Bloom Time: May to June
Hardiness Zone: 4-9
Description:
The Simply Scentsational Sweetshrub is so named due to its intriguing fragrance. Decide for yourself what is in the fruity fragrance, whether it is melon, banana, pineapple, strawberry, or something else. In addition to the fragrant flowers, one can release additional fragrance by crushing the stems and leaves. The magnolia-like flowers are a velvety dark maroon. If shaping of the shrub is needed, do so after the flowers have finished. This sweetshrub is a nativar.
Attracts: Bees
Other Names: Carolina Allspice; Strawberry Bush