Product Review

This beautiful deciduous shrub grows slowly to form neat mounds up to 8 feet high. Sweetshrub suckers vigorously, so the mound increases in width to eventually form a thicket if not constrained. Calycanthus has many common names, all alluding to the aromatic properties of its leaves, bark, twigs, and roots. Best of all is the wonderfully fruity scent produced by the unusual flowers. Rusty red to brown, the 1- to 2-inch blossoms appear in quantities during the spring and intermittently thereafter through the summer. The leaves are oblong, 4 inches long by 2 inches wide, and arranged oppositely along the length of the stems. They are colored a rich, deep green with lighter green underneath. They are soft and fuzzy to the touch, and they turn a bright golden yellow in autumn.