Calycanthus floridus - sweetshrub

Height: to 6’
Spread: to 6’ +
Light Needs: part sun to part shade
Water: average
Flower color: red-brown
Bloom time: April to July

This deciduous shrub is best known for its fragrant flowers. Fragrance varies from one plant to another and can even vary in a single flower as it ages. Apple, strawberry and other fruity aromas have been described by different people. This plant may be used in a formal garden but it produces root suckers so remove them if you wish to control the plant's spread. It is useful for erosion control on a slope. Beetles are the primary pollinators of these flowers but other insects may visit them. Various moths use this plant as a host for their caterpillars. It is considered deer resistant by many but it is not deer proof. Protect young plants.