Lindera obtusiloba Japanese spicebush
This uncommon large deciduous shrub growing in a wide, vase-like shape. Each leaf has a curious trilobed shape that varies a little from leaf to leaf.
It is one of the few shrubs that develops excellent fall colour even in shade with the leaves turning yellow in autumn.
In late winter/early spring, flowers open along the branches when few other shrubs are in bloom. The inflorescences have groups of 3 to 15 of small greenish-yellow, or yellowish flowers with six tepals arranged in a star shape. Male flowers have 9 to 15 fertile stamens and female flowers have a varying number of staminodes and produce shiny black berries that hold on through late summer and fall.
Pollination is done by bees and other insects.
Plant it in open woodlands or bright shade. Good winter flowering companion plants include Corylopsis, Hamamelis and Chimonanthus.
Best site I can find for more info is JC Raulston Arboretum
Pionterest page for Lindera
It is one of the few shrubs that develops excellent fall colour even in shade with the leaves turning yellow in autumn.
In late winter/early spring, flowers open along the branches when few other shrubs are in bloom. The inflorescences have groups of 3 to 15 of small greenish-yellow, or yellowish flowers with six tepals arranged in a star shape. Male flowers have 9 to 15 fertile stamens and female flowers have a varying number of staminodes and produce shiny black berries that hold on through late summer and fall.
Pollination is done by bees and other insects.
Plant it in open woodlands or bright shade. Good winter flowering companion plants include Corylopsis, Hamamelis and Chimonanthus.
Best site I can find for more info is JC Raulston Arboretum
Pionterest page for Lindera