Calycanthus floridus 

Full Sun / Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 5 - 9

Height: 48"+

Carolina allspice is a dense, rounded deciduous shrub with a suckering habit which grows 6-9' tall with an equal or slightly greater spread. Features very fragrant, brown to reddish-brown flowers (2" across) which bloom at the ends of short branchlets in May. Flowers give way to brownish, urn-shaped fruits which mature in fall and persist throughout the winter. Lustrous, dark green leaves to 6" long turn golden yellow in fall. Leaves are aromatic when bruised. Fragrant blooms which have been described as combining hints of pineapple, strawberry and banana. U.S. native from Virginia to Florida.