Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic

Female Lindera benzoin (Spicebush) flowers in April.
Photo © 2018 Elaine Mills

Male Lindera benzoin (Spicebush) flower buds in April.
Photo © 2018 Elaine Mills

Flowering Lindera benzoin (Spicebush) in April.
Photo © 2015 Elaine Mills

Lindera benzoin (Spicebush) with fruit in September.
Photo © 2014 Robert M. Kline

Lindera benzoin (Spicebush) drupes in July.
Photo © 2015 Elaine Mills

Lindera benzoin (Spicebush) drupes in September.
Photo © 2014 Elaine Mills

This ornamental shrub, which is common throughout most of the Mid-Atlantic Region, produces small, fragrant yellow flowers that cluster at the nodes of bare stems before leaves appear in early spring. The Virginia Native Plant Society named Spicebush as Wildflower of the Year in 2006. Learn more . . .