Carolina Allspice (Calycanthus floridus)
Fall Species
This Species is typically available during our Fall Sale Preorders in August, and/or the in-person Fall Sale Mid-September through Mid-October at Geist Nursery in Fishers, IN.
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This species is not available this year. We hope to see it next Fall!
Expected Height at Pickup: 2-3', 3 gal
A.k.a sweet shrub, Carolina sweetshrub, Carolina spicebush, hairy allspice, and strawberry bush. A suckering shrub with distinctive large, fragrant flowers! Flowers are said to smell like strawberry or pineapple, and leaves are fragrant when crushed. Can be pruned to shape, but suckers make it something of a sisyphean task. Easily grown, prefers part sun/shade and some loam in the soil. An excellent species to plant along a tree line and allow to sucker. The strong tasting and smelling foliage make it resistant to deer browsing.
Pollination: Self pollinating.
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun/Shade
Soil Moisture: Wet Mesic, Mesic
Soil Type: Adaptable
Height: 6’-10’
Width: 6’-12’
Bloom Color: Red/Brown
Bloom Time: Apr-Jul
Fruit: Seed pods turn brown as they mature in fall.
Fall Color: Yellow
Root Type: Rhizome
Notable Wildlife Interactions: Little data available. Flowers attract pollinators. Resistant to mammalian browsing.
Notes: Despite multiple promising common names, this species is not edible.
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