Feb 7, 2023 · Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) is an eye-catching and low-maintenance native shrub. Learn how to grow spicebush in your garden and enjoy this showy shrub all year long.

Feb 28, 2025 · Spicebush offers four seasons of beauty and is a host plant for the iconic Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly. See our planting tips, photos, and landscape inspo.

Lindera benzoin (commonly called spicebush, [2] common spicebush, [3] northern spicebush, [4] wild allspice, [5] or Benjamin bush) [2] is a shrub in the laurel family. It is native to eastern North America, growing in the understory in moist, rich woods. Spicebush is a deciduous shrub growing to 1.8–3.7 metres (6–12 ft) tall. [6] .

Spicebush, named for its spicy, fragrant leaves and stems, is native to moist woodlands in the Midwest and occasionally found in the Chicago area. It is most often used in shrub borders and naturalizing landscaping.

The flowers open before the leaves emerge and are held close to the branches. Aromatic light green leaves turn deep yellow-gold in fall. Birds feed on the small, brilliant red fruits formed on female plants. The larva (caterpillar) of the spicebush swallowtail butterfly feeds on the leaves.

Spicebush is a deciduous shrub in the laurels family (Lauraceae). It is native to central and eastern United States and is found in bottomlands, dry forests, ravines, valleys, swamps and along streams.

Lindera benzoin, commonly called spicebush, is a Missouri native deciduous shrub with a broad, rounded habit which typically grows 6-12' (less frequently to 15') high in moist locations in bottomlands, woods, ravines, valleys and along streams.

If you’re out on a forest trail this month, keep an eye out for the clouds of yellow created by Lindera benzoin — our native spicebush — a deciduous shrub whose greenish-yellow blooms appear in March in Virginia. Lindera benzoin is remarkable not only for its spring and fall color, but also for its adaptability.

Mar 4, 2024 · Spicebush, Lindera benzoin, also known as northern spicebush or wild allspice, is a deciduous shrub that grows in rich, moist woodlands. In the home landscape, it’s a great choice for a native plant or shade garden. Spicebush provides year-round landscaping appeal.

Spicebush is a deciduous shrub native to Eastern North America. Scientifically known as Lindera benzoin, it typically grows 10-12′ tall in full sun and 3-5′ tall in shade and moist to medium-moist soil. Blooming small yellow flowers in Spring, it hosts several butterflies and caterpillars, and produces fragrant foliage and edible berries.