Spicebush
Lindera benzoin
$50.00 – $76.00
An uncommon shrub with many ornamental qualities; radiant yellow flowers in early spring before the leaves followed by showy red berries in fall, beautiful gold fall color and fragrant foliage; a shapely garden shrub, blends nicely into natural settings
Features and Growing Tips
Note: Each live plant is unique and may differ from the photo while maintaining its beauty. Plants come in a plastic pot; other items in images are not included.
Landscape Qualities
but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition., Spicebush is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a more or less rounded form. Its average texture blends into the landscape
Planting and Growing
and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 40 years or more., Spicebush will grow to be about 10 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 10 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 2 feet from the ground
and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil pH, This shrub performs well in both full sun and full shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions
Plant Facts
Prefers full sun to shade
Deer Resistant
Keep moisture level average to moist
Mature Size 10'Hx10'W
Flowers are lemon
Flowers in early spring
Fall color gold
Zone 4b
Tolerates wet ground.