I find that my usual spring scents - Mitsouko, Calycanthus, The Unicorn Spell - are all taking a back-seat to Manoumalia. From Wordnik.com. [Top 10 of Spring and a Prize Draw] Reference
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 previous season. From Wordnik.com. [Knowing when to prune is crucial for dependable flower blossoms] Reference
Bouvardias strike better so than from cuttings of their shoots; and so does the sweet-scented shrub (Calycanthus) and many other plants. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening by Myself] Reference
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 Sinocalycanthus chinensis in theZhejiang Province ineastern China). From Wordnik.com. [A rare mail-order shrub finally blooms — yay! « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog] Reference
Calycanthus is a fabulous shrub, native here. From Wordnik.com. [The Color Maroon? « Fairegarden] Reference
'We fyh; e ¥ut tme Species of this Genusy viz. Calycanthus i H). From Wordnik.com. [Arbustrum Americanum = The American grove, or, An alphabetical catalogue of forest trees and shrubs, natives of the American United States, arranged according to the Linnaean system : containing, the particular distinguishing characters of each genus, with plain, simple and familiar descriptions of the manner of growth, appearance, &c. of their several species and varieties; also, some hints of their uses in medicine, dyes, and domestic oeconomy] Reference
Calycanthus floridus) was blooming, David immediately zeroed in on the shrub's unusual flowers. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Calycanthus floridus. From Wordnik.com. [Notes on the State of Virginia.] Reference
Calycanthus, 379. From Wordnik.com. [Prodromus stirpium in horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium] Reference
Calycanthus floridus, camassia, camellias, campanulas, candytuft, perennial, canker-worm, cannas, capsicum. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)] Reference
In these cool, sequestered, rocky vales, we behold the following celebrated beauties of the hills, i.e. fragrant Calycanthus, blushing Rhododendron ferruginium, delicate Philadelphus inodorus, which displays the white wavy mantle, with the sky robed Delphinium, perfumed Convalaria and fiery Azalea, flaming on the ascending hills or wavy. From Wordnik.com. [Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians.] Reference
The trees and shrubs are, Pinus taeda, great black Oak, Quercus tinctoria, Q. rubra, Laurus, Sasafras, Magnolia grandiflora, Cornus Florida, Cercis, Halesia, Juglans acuminata, Juglans-exaltata, Andromeda arborea; and, by the sides of rivulets (which wind about and between these hills and swamps, in the vales) Styrax latifolia, Ptelea trifoliata, Stewartia, Calycanthus, Chionanthus, Magnolia tripetala, Azalea, and others. From Wordnik.com. [Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians.] Reference
Chinkapin, Nyssa sylvatica, Acer rubrum, Æsculus sylvatica, Magnolia acuminata, Magnolia tripetala, Andromeda arborea, Hopea tinctoria, Æsculus pavia, Vibernum, Azalea flammea and other species; Hydrangea, Calycanthus, &c. THE season being uncommonly wet, almost daily showers of rain and frequently attended with tremenduous thunder, rendered travelling disagreeable, toilsome and hazardous, through an uninhabited wilderness, abounding with rivers and brooks; I was prevailed upon by Mr. Cameron to stay at his house a few days, until the rains ceased and the rivers could be more easily forded. From Wordnik.com. [Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians.] Reference
The road is strait, spacious, and kept in excellent repair by the industrious inhabitants; and is generally bordered on each side with a light grove, consisting of the following trees and shrubs: Myrica Cerifera, Calycanthus, Halesia tetraptera, Itea stewartia, Andromeda nitida, Cyrella racemiflora, entwined with bands and garlands of Bignonia sempervirens, B. crucigera, Lonicera sempervirens and Glycene frutescens; these were overshadowed by tall and spreading trees, as the Magnolia grandiflora, Liquid Amber, Liriodendron, Catalpa, Quercus sempervirens, Quercus dentata, Q. Phillos; and on the verges of the canals, where the road was causwayed, stood the Cupressus disticha, Floriferus Gordonia Lacianthus, and Magnolia glauca, all planted by nature, and left standing, by the virtuous inhabitants, to shade the road and perfume the sultry air. From Wordnik.com. [Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians.] Reference
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