2 Sweet Shrubs 1-2 Ft Tall Now Live Flowering Shrubs Ready To Plant Now

Thanks to its scented flowers, you may know sweetshrub (Calycanthus floridus) as Carolina allspice, spicebush or strawberry bush. Some gardeners say the reddish-brown to dark wine-colored blooms smell spicy, while others detect hints of strawberries, pineapples, melons and other fruits.


Sweetshrubs are exceptionally easy to grow in your yard or garden. They’re happy in part to full shade, though they bloom more heavily in full sun.


Sweetshrub tolerates neutral to mildly acidic soils and needs watering only during periods of drought. Watch for the flowers to start opening in mid-spring; they’ll bloom on and off into the summer.