Calycanthus floridus ~ Sweetshrub, Carolina Allspice dark-green-leaf Lizard’s Tail is an erect

Lizard’s Tail is an erect branching native marginal aquatic perennial noted for its dark green heart-shaped leaves tiny fragrant white flowers packed on its drooping slender racmen in summer to frost

and tea roses

The dark green foliage is broadly lance-shaped

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Plants infected with Hosta Virus X (HVX)

Calycanthus floridus ~ Sweetshrub, Carolina Allspice dark-green-leaf Lizard’s Tail is an erectSweetshrub 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