Circa 1995
Calycanthus floridus - ( Common Sweetshrub, also called Carolina Allspice or Strawberry Shrub) Imagine relaxing on your back deck and smelling the aromatic scent of strawberries or pineapples. Because of its sweet smell, Calycanthus floridus or Sweetshrub is a perfect plant for every garden especially when used around outdoor living areas, under windows, beside screened doors or in a shrub border. There is a great variation in flower odor so buyer should smell before purchasing. Supposedly, the Sweetshrub bark was used as a substitute for cinnamon and was introduced into the United States in 1726. Description: Dense, bushy, rounded, or broad-rounded shrub of regular outline growing to 6-9' high. Leaves are dark green in summer and yellowish in fall. Sweetshrub flowers are perfect, dark reddish brown, 2" across with a very fruity fragrance in May and flowering sporadically into June and July. Soil: Adaptable to many soils, preferring a deep, moist loam; can survive in acid and alkaline soils. Light: Grows in sun or shade but does not grow as tall in sunlight.
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