Calycanthus floridus
Plant type
Shrubs Common name
Calicanto d’estate
Family
Calycanthaceae
- Shrubs
Habitus
- Half-shadow
- Sun
Exposure
- Deciduous
Leaf Persistance
- Red
Flower Colour
- 06-June
- 07-July
Flowering Period
- 6
Climatic Zone
- Sud America
Continent of Origin
Origin: South-East of the United States.
Botanical characteristics: It is a deciduous upright shrub, up to 4 mt high. It has tomentose branches when it’s young. Both branches and leaves are aromatic. Its leaves are oval-lanceolate and opposite. They are dark green and rough on upper side whereas they are grey-green and pubescent on the underside. The summer blooming consist of fragrant deep red-brown flowers, 5 cm large.
Agronomic and environmental characteristics: It is easy to grow in all types of soil but prefers fertile and moist ones. It needs to be placed in sun or partial shade.
Use: In gardens it is used as single shrub, in groups or in mixed hedges.