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n. - A genus of American shrubs with aromatic bark; Carolina allspice.

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  • I find that my usual spring scents - Mitsouko, Calycanthus, The Unicorn Spell - are all taking a back-seat to Manoumalia.
  • Plants that flower on current season's growth -- Common sweetshrub (Calycanthus floridus) is a native plant that flowers on both current growth and that from the...
  • Bouvardias strike better so than from cuttings of their shoots; and so does the sweet-scented shrub (Calycanthus) and many other plants.
  • Here’s a history of the plant and how the hybrid came about (it’s a cross between Calycanthus floridus, a U.S. native and Missouri Botanical Garden Plant of Merit, and...
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