This is another wonderful American native shrub. This is one of its nicest times of year with that wonderful clear yellow fall color. It colors up and drops its leaves fairly early. The plant in from of me and to my right is a Fothergilla - Gardenii that is still quite green, hasn't begun to color up yet. So the Spicebush is very early to color up in the season.

One of the nicest things about the Spicebush is the wonderful fragrance of the leaves when crushed. It's a great identification attribute to this plant, even the leaves that've turned yellow still have a wonderful spicy fragrance. The Flowers on Lindera come out early in the season before the leaves emerge. They're yellow, axillary, in other words they gather around where the leaf buds are close to this stem. They're a clear and nice yellow, but they are outstanding.

This is a wonderful shrub for planting in dappled shade, full sun to half shade is good for Lindera. They'll do well in any kind of garden soil and they get about twelve to sixteen feet tall with about a similar spread, nine to fourteen or fifteen feet.

Lindera is a member of the Laurel family Lauraceae. One of the characteristics is the aromatic leaves the Bay Laurel is a good example of it.

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