Lindera benzoin 'Scarlet Lady' (Spicebush)

Native to eastern United States. This specifically selected female selection features fragrant, tiny yellow flowers in the early spring that support an array of early spring pollinators. Brilliant red fruit develops in late summer and is a favorite food of native songbirds. Colorful yellow fall foliage. It is a shrub that thrives in the understory of our moist eastern woodlands. More importantly, it is the larval food source for the Spicebush Swallowtail, (Papilio troilus Linnaeus).

Full Sun to Part Shade.  Height/Spread: 6-10' Zone: 4-8

Photo: America Beauties