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Lindera benzoin

SPICEBUSH

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Lindera benzoin

Sweetly fragrant, light yellow flowers.  April.  Medium to large shrub.  6 – 10′ tall.  Fragrant foliage.  Light to moderate shade.  Moist soil tolerant.  Deer resistant.  Attracts butterflies and serves as a host plant to the spicebush swallowtail.  Glossy red berries in fall attract birds.  Brilliant yellow-gold fall foliage.  Northeastern U.S. native. Ours are Long Island provenance. Zone 4.

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