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SIMPLY SCENTSATIONAL® Sweetshrub, Carolina allspice, Sweet Betsy
Calycanthus floridus 'SMNCAF' PP#33,550; CBRAF
 
As soon as you come near Simply Scentsational calycanthus, your nose knows: this is something special. It is the calycanthus that actually lives up to - maybe even exceeds - the oft-described (but seldom smelled!) hints of pineapple and bubblegum in the fragrance. Selected and refined over an 18 year period by Spring Meadow's Tim Wood, the blooms of this North American native are an intriguing deep maroon and appear in abundance through late spring and summer. The blooms are powerfully fragrant, even when they are wilted - you've really just got to smell it for yourself.
 
Awards 
2022 Green Thumb Award, National Garden Bureau
 
USDA Zone 4 - 9 (-30°F/-34.4°C)
Exposure Full sun, Part sun
Height 6' 
Width 4 - 5'
Finish Time 1 season
Type Deciduous
Bloom Time Spring - summer
Flower ColorRed
Foliage Color Green