Calycanthus floridus

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Noun1.Calycanthus floridus - hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowersCalycanthus floridus - hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowers
Carolina allspice, strawberry shrub, sweet shrub, strawberry bush
allspice - deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States
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Other flavorful barks worth cultivating include the cinnamon-flavored CAROLINA ALLSPICE (Calycanthus floridus; the only part considered safe to eat is the inner bark, so caution is advised); SWEET BIRCH (Betula lenta); and SHAGBARK HICKORY (Carya ovata).
Bark That's Better than a Bite: The bark of woody plants is strange, versatile, and worth harvesting
5-9 Bearberry cotoneaster Cotoneaster dammeri 5-7 Black chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa 3-8 Bumald spiraea Spiraea x bumalda 3-8 Burkwood viburnum Viburnum x burkwoodii 5-8 Bush cinquefoil Potentilla fruticosa 2-6 Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 5-11 Carolina allspice Calycanthus floridus 4-9 Chenault coralberry Symphoricarpos x 4-7 chenaultii Chengtu lilac Syringa swenginzowii 5-6 Common box Buxus sempervirens 5-8 Common flowering Chaenomeles speciose 4-8 quince Common lilac Syringa vulgaris 3-7 Common mock orange Philadelphus coronarius 4-8 Common ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius 2-7 Common snowberry Symphoricarpos albus 3-7 Common winterberry Ilex verticillata 3-9 Doublefile viburnum Viburnum plicatum var.
Chapter 17: ornamental trees, shrubs, and groundcovers
The species that have proven successful for us include sweet pepper-bushy clethera, sweet spire Itea virginica, strawberry shrub Euonymous americanus, beauty-berry Callicarpa americana and sweet shrub Calycanthus floridus, among others.
Native shrubs that won't impress the neighbors (if the neighbors are wildlife)
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