Calycanthus floridus, commonly called 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 (pale beneath), ovate to elliptic leaves to 6" long turn golden yellow in fall. Type: Shrub Native Zone: 4 to 9 Height: 6.00 to 10.00 feet Spread: 6.00 to 12.00 feet Bloom Time: April to July Bloom Description: Brown Sun: Full sun to part shade Water: Medium Maintenance: Low Flower: Showy, Fragrant, Good Cut Tolerate: Deer, Clay Soil, Wet Soil
