Calycanthus occidentalis - 5 gallon plant

Sweet-shrub, Western Spicebush, Spice Bush
Family: Calycanthaceae • Native to: California Coast Ranges, Sacramento Valley, Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges • Form: Shrub • Lifespan: Perennial • Size: 3 to 13 ft. tall, 3 to 12 ft. wide • Bloom: spring to summer • Attracts: beetles in the nitidulidae family. • Fragrant: foliage • Flowers: burgundy, red • Foliage: fall color • Prefers: sun or part shade • Water min: little • Water max: regular • Drought: no • Hardiness: 10°-15° • Soil: acid • Suitable for: screen, specimen, barrier • Deer resistant • Deciduous
Bark has a strong camphor smell that is released when stems are scraped. Water weekly once established in the summer. Will tolerate pH to 8 and clay or moist soils.