At first, I suspected it was the deer that had almost completely defoliated the northern spicebush sapling I had planted just weeks earlier. Only days prior, it had been brimming with new growth, and ...

The northern spicebush (lindera benzoin), a small understory tree or large shrub that is bountiful and native in our region, ranges throughout the Appalachian Mountains and beyond, from Maine to ...

“These factors involving the shrub's inherent beauty and fragrance, as well as its inadvertent associations with humans and insects, make spicebush a handsome and interesting ornamental when ...

Northern spicebush (Lindera benzoin) is an aromatic shrub that serves as a host for spicebush swallowtail butterflies and will eventually produce berries for wildlife. There’s a spicebush shrub in our ...

Spicebush gets its name because its yellow spring blooms give off a sweet, spicy fragrance. In fall, the shrub produces shiny red berries that birds love to eat. About 6 to 12 feet tall and wide when ...

At first, I suspected it was the deer that had almost completely defoliated the northern spicebush sapling I had planted just weeks earlier. Only days prior, it had been brimming with new growth, and ...