PlantsShrubs & Vines
Sweetshrub
Calycanthus floridus
Zone 6a garden plant. Hardy through a Chicago winter unless the note says to pot it.
Maroon flowers that smell like fruit, in the shade
EasyShrubs & VinesAlso Flowers
- Light
- Part shade
- Moisture
- Medium
- Mature size
- 6–8 ft
- Spacing
- 6 ft
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers May–Jun
- How it spreads
- Sucker shrub
- What to buy
- A container shrub.
- When to plant
- Apr or Sep
In the design
East or north side. The flower is easy to walk past and strong if you are next to it. It slowly thickens. Good privacy without a 20-foot tree.
