| Scientific Name: | Calycanthus chinensis |
| Common Name: | Chinese allspice |
| Family Name: | Calycanthaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China, South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal, Round |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Fragrance, Mixed shrub border, Specimen plant, Spring interest, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Sheltered |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Lustrous, Elliptic, Ovate, Entire, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, Yellow, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Green, Brown, Sep-Oct, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, ovate-elliptic, 12-18cm long x 6-10cm wide, glossy, rought upper surface, petiole ~1cm long; flowers 5-8cm wide, multiple pistils, tepals 7-20 with waxy appearance; fruit capsule-like, urn-shaped, aggregate with many achenes. Winter ID: persistent fruit; twigs glabrous. | |