Calycanthus Floridus - Carolina Allspice Seedlings

The Fragrant Calycanthus floridus Seedlings Are Attractive Year-Round

For gardeners and landscape professionals looking for a native flowering shrub that will last for decades, Calycanthus floridus seedlings are a great choice. This handsome shrub offers attractive blooms, foliage, and a rounded habit that improves the landscape from spring through autumn. You can use it in the home garden, at the woodland's edge, in parks, or in commercial and restoration plantings.

Fresh green foliage comes in each spring and sets off deep, velvety maroon flowers. You'll see blooms in mid to late spring, and sometimes a few more in early summer. Since these plants grow from seed, each one smells a little different. Most have a sweet, fruity scent you'll love near patios and pathways. The leaves stay green through the growing season. Their coarse texture looks great next to flowering perennials, ornamental grasses, and other native shrubs. The leaves turn a good golden color in autumn, and the shrub shows off its interesting branching structure in winter.

Its rounded habit fits foundation plantings, mixed borders, woodland gardens, and naturalized areas. Just give it room. A full-grown plant reaches 6 to 10 feet tall and about as wide.

Calycanthus floridus Seedlings Support Pollinators and Native Gardens

Small beetles do most of the pollinating. They crawl right into the flowers to feed. Because this shrub is native to the eastern US, it fits right in with other native plants and supports the local web of plants and insects.

Its form works well as part of a layered planting among native wildflowers, ferns, flowering shrubs, or small ornamentals that add color and texture through the seasons. It is well suited to planting as a specimen, in groups for mass, and at the edges of woodlands where its flowers and fragrance can be best enjoyed.

It's tough, too. It grows in clay, handles wet spots along streams, and rarely has pest problems. Deer usually leave it alone.

Carolina Allspice Seedlings for Sale: Perfect for Wholesale and Landscape Projects

These seedlings let you plant native shrubs across a large area without spending a fortune. They work well for municipalities, schools, parks, commercial developments, conservation organizations, and homeowners planting hedges, screens, or natural areas. Carolina allspice slowly spreads by suckers and fills in woodland edges and stream banks over time, so it's a smart pick for restoration work.

Looking to get Carolina allspice seedlings for sale? Here's what you need to know. They grow in USDA zones 4 through 9, in full sun or partial shade. The more sun they get, the more they bloom, as long as the soil stays moist. Before planting, pull out grass and weeds and loosen the soil. Space plants 4 to 6 feet apart for a hedge or group planting.

This plant ships bare root. Plant your seedlings soon after they arrive. Soak the roots for a couple of hours, set each plant with the crown at soil level, water well, and add mulch. If it’s not raining enough, give them about an inch of water a week through the first season. Don't expect much top growth that first year, because the plants are busy growing roots. Most start blooming within a few years, and each spring they'll come back bigger and better.

For more tips on planting, growing, and caring for Carolina Allspice, explore our Carolina Allspice guide. You can also browse our collection of tree seedlings to find more options for hedges, natural landscapes, and large-scale restoration projects.