(Edith Wilder Sweetshrub, Sweetshrub)

Fragrant with scents of fruit and spice, the unusual flowers and more rounded leaves of the Edith Wilder Carolina allspice make this shrub an unusual specimen for the garden. A rounded and slightly taller deciduous shrub than usual, it is native to the extreme southeastern United States, from Virginia to Florida.

Its leaves are rounded ovals with a gracefully and elegantly pointed tip, and satiny-green to dark-green with a lighter gray-green underside. As the leaves begin to emerge in spring,...

(Michael Lindsey Sweetshrub, Sweetshrub)

Fragrant with scents of fruit and spice, the unusual flowers, and a dense, rounded shape of the Michael Lindsey Carolina allspice make this shrub perhaps the finest selections. A rounded, well-branched deciduous shrub, it is native to the extreme southeastern United States, from Virginia to Florida.

Its leaves are ovals with a gracefully and elegantly pointed tip, and shiny dark green with a lighter gray-green underside. As the leaves begin to emerge in spring, the flowers appear on short stems....

(Eastern Sweetshrub)

Fragrant with scents of fruit and spice, the unusual flowers of sweetshrub make this an lovely conversational specimen for the garden. A rounded and spreading deciduous shrub that lacks hairs on its young branches, variety glaucus is native to the extreme southeastern United States, from Virginia to Florida.

Its leaves are oval with a gracefully and elegantly pointed tip, and satiny-green to dark-green with a lighter gray-green underside. As the leaves begin to emerge in spring, the flowers...

(Eastern Sweetshrub)

Fragrant with scents of fruit and spice, the unusual flowers of sweetshrub make this an lovely conversational specimen for the garden. A slightly smaller, rounded but spreading deciduous shrub that lacks hairs on its young branches, 'Nanus' is native to the extreme southeastern United States, from Virginia to Florida.

Its leaves are oval with a gracefully and elegantly pointed tip, and satiny-green to dark-green with a lighter gray-green underside. As the leaves begin to emerge in spring, the...

(Eastern Sweetshrub)

Fragrant with scents of fruit and spice, the unusual flowers and purple-green foliage of sweetshrub make 'Purpureus' an interesting specimen for the shaded garden. A slightly smaller, rounded but spreading deciduous shrub that lacks hairs on its young branches, 'Purpureus' is native to the extreme southeastern United States, from Virginia to Florida.

Its leaves are oval with a gracefully and elegantly pointed tip, and dark green with purplish green undersides. As the purplish leaves begin to emerge...

(Western Sweetshrub)

Lustrous, glossy green leaves and fragrant, dark red blossoms make western sweetshrub a lovely plant for the mixed border. A fast growing spreading shrub that is deciduous, it is native to the moist valleys and streambanks in Washington and California's coastal mountains, as well as the western Sierra Nevadas. The leaves are oblong ovals, glossy mid- to dark green in color and with a slightly roughened texture on the upper surface. In spring or summer, depending on warmth of the climate, small, plump,...

(Berlandier's Sundrops)

Berlandier's sundrops is notable for its narrow, linear leaves with sparse, fine teeth on their edges, and months of evening primrose flowers. Normally an evergreen perennial that grows from woody stems near the ground, it is native to the south central and southwestern United States and northern Mexico in grasslands.

The wiry, thick stems of this perennial are orange-tan and lightly lined with long, linear leaves of a light to medium-green. The leaves form a whorled head at the stem tips, from...

(Quamash)

Native to valleys, meadows, and prairies of eastern and western North America, camas are grown for their steepled clusters of starry flowers atop tall leafless stems in late spring. The blue or sometimes white blooms have six pointed segments, and often remain on the stem after they wither. The clumps of strap-shaped, keeled, green or gray-green leaves go dormant in summer. The leaves and flower stalks grow from large bulbs with dark tunics. Most camassias come from the northwestern United States...

(Camassia, Quamash)

Native to meadows and pine forests of northeastern Oregon and central Ohio, this hardy bulbous perennial bears steepled clusters of starry flowers atop tall leafless stems in late spring. The pale lilac-blue blooms have six pointed segments. As they wither the segments do not clasp the seed capsule, as do those of Camassia leichtlinii. The clumps of strap-shaped, keeled, bright green leaves go dormant in summer. The leaves and flower stalks grow from large bulbs with dark tunics. The cultivar...

(California White Quamash)

Native to valleys of the northwestern United States and southern British Columbia, this hardy bulbous perennial bears steepled clusters of starry flowers atop tall leafless stems in late spring. The creamy-white or blue blooms have six pointed segments. As they wither the blooms clasp the developing seed pods. The clumps of strap-shaped, keeled, green to gray-green leaves go dormant in summer. The leaves and flower stalks grow from large bulbs with dark tunics. The cultivar 'Blue Danube' has deep...