This deciduous shrub has an upright rounded bushy habit with spreading branches. It has oblong bright green aromatic leaves and the tiny star-shaped flowers are greenish-yellow and appear in clusters during mid-spring followed by red berries on the female plants.

Hardiness zones 2 to 10 

Lindera benzoin is naturally found along the east coast of the northern United States and Canada and is commonly forind growing  in woodlands and along riverbanks.  It prefers a fertile moist but well-drained soils in semi-shaded positions and is drought tender but frost tolerant. 

Spice Bush is grown for its berries and its autumn foliage colour. It is planted in parks and gardens as a specimen or in mixed shrub borders. It may also be grown as an understorey filler plant and establishes in 2-5 years. It is suitable for cool mountain or coastal regions. ID 1689

Lindera (lin-DEER-ruh) benzoin (ben-ZO-en)

Lauraceae (law-RAY-see-ee)