Calycanthus floridus ~ Sweetshrub, Carolina Allspice dark-green-leaf and tea roses

and tea roses

Watch for molting and remove any affected leaves

Large panicles of sweetly fragrant white star-shaped flowers bloom in late fall to early winter

The dark green foliage is broadly lance-shaped

Cavatine Pieris is a dwarf rounded evergreen shrub with small leathery deep green foliage

Calycanthus floridus ~ Sweetshrub, Carolina Allspice dark-green-leaf and tea rosesSweetshrub is dense rounded deciduous shrub with aromatic luscious dark green leaves that turn gold in fall. Highly fragrant dark red magnolia like flowers bloom in late spring into summer which give way to fruits that persist into winter. Grows best in full sun and moist, well drained acidic soils. Calycanthus is pollinated by beetles, its flowers do not attract other pollinators as much. However, its seeds are sometimes eaten by small mammals and