2-18” Spice Bush/Tree-Fragrant & Beautiful! Butterfly Gardens & Gorgeous Smelling & a usable Spice!

Great butterfly habitat and produce your own spice! 

2-18” bareroot tree/bush; get them while it’s cool enough to ship bareroot to save money!  

2  needed for pollination!

• Multi-Season Visual Appeal: Features delicate clusters of tiny yellow flowers in early spring (resembling a native forsythia), glossy green summer foliage, and a vibrant golden-yellow transformation in autumn.
• Ecological Powerhouse: Serves as the crucial, exclusive larval host plant for the spectacular Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly.
• Wildlife Magnet: Female plants produce lipid-rich, high-fat bright red berries in late summer that provide essential fuel for migratory birds like the wood thrush.
• Highly Aromatic Experience: Every part of the plant—leaves, twigs, and berries—releases a pleasant citrusy, allspice-like herbal aroma when crushed, making it a favorite for sensory gardens.
• Culinary Uses: The dried, ground red berries act as an excellent native substitute for allspice in savory rubs or fall baked goods, while the twigs and leaves are historically brewed into teas.
• Extreme Shade & Wet Soil Tolerance: Excels in difficult, damp, low-light locations, rain gardens, and clay soils where traditional ornamental shrubs often suffer from root rot.
• Pest and Deer Resistant: Contains natural essential oils (terpenes) that make the foliage highly resistant to deer and rabbit grazing.