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 Virginia Living Museum
Spicebush (Lindera benzoin - same family as cinnamon, bay laurel and sassafras) (Lauraceae)
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Height: |
6 - 15 feet |
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Light: |
Shade to part shade |
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Moisture: |
Prefers moist soil |
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Bloom Time: |
March |
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Flower Color: |
Greenish-yellow; red fruits |
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Foliage: |
Green that turn yellow in fall;
Is dioecious |
 Small tree, attractive in form and bearing what resembles red coffee beans. Smooth olive green twigs with leaves scented like spicy lemon when crushed.
Attractive yellowish buds, small yellow flowers, red fruits and yellow fall foliage.
The spicebush can be either a shrub or a tree, depending on habit. It attracts spicebush, tiger, and zebra swallowtail butterflies; robins, thrashers, swallows, catbirds, and bobwhites.
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