Japanese allspice

Other allspice varieties include the Japanese allspice (Chimonanthus praecox), native to eastern Asia and planted as an ornamental in England and the United States, and the wild allspice, or spicebush (Lindera benzoin), a shrub of eastern North America with aromatic berries reputed to have been used as a substitute for…

Chimonanthus praecox (also called C. fragrans, and commonly known as wintersweet) is a cultivated shrub that flowers in winter before the leaves are produced. The light yellow flowers are popular for their spicy fragrance. The beautiful creamy, pink infused flowers of Sinocalycanthus have captured the…