Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume (Northern Spicebush)
This shrub grows up to 8 feet tall and produces yellow-green flowers from March to May. Its leaves will give a crushed and aromatic smell in addition to your herb garden. It produces red fruits, with a slight peppery smell, from September to October. The leaves, shoots and fruits are used to make essential-oil and aromatic notes. Dried fruit dried fruit can be used as a substitute for allspice.
Morella cerifera (L.) Lesser (wax myrtle, candlestick)
This shrub grows to 20-30 feet tall and has a width of 10-12 feet. It prefers full sun to partial shade and is evergreen and drought tolerant. Wax myrtle is fast growing, so you can enjoy its fullness faster than others in the bayberry family. It has a lavender scent, birds love the seeds it produces. You can propagate this by cutting with a hammer.
Itea virginica L.
This is a beautiful shrub that will reach a height of 8 feet when mature. Its flowers are white, feathery and arched, abundant. It is a beautiful bush for decorative garden. Good for any type of use, from full sun to full humidity, although it prefers to be in rich moist clods. It has a slow growth rate, so keep that in mind when encouraging your garden. It is very fragrant, so butterflies tend to flock to it. You can propagate this by dividing it by root. It is a milking bush, so that it cannot receive an attack without having an eye.
Fothergilla major (Mount Witchalder, Fothergilla)
This shrub grows to 6-10 feet tall and has a zone of 4-10 feet. Prefers full sun to partial shade, and benefits from fall color. White fragrant mountain witchalder blooms in mid-spring. Just keep it moist, and don’t let it dry much.
Clethra alnifolia L.
This shade tolerant deciduous shrub will grow up to 8 feet tall. Beautiful red-brown bark. This shrub is mainly used purely as an ornamental because of its incredible white fragrant flowers that appear from July to August. It will give from September to October, but cattle and deer are of little value.
Calycanthus floridus L.
This deciduous shrub is 4-8 feet tall. Its shape depends on the art of planting; Full sun locations will make it tight and round, and shady locations will make a looser, open shape. The leaves are bruised and fragrant, and from May to June it has fragrant red flowers. It needs moist soil. An anxiety-free bush, it is perfect for those who enjoy dry flowers and bark potpourri.
Aesculus parviflora Walt. (bottlebrush buckeye)
This shrub grows from 6-12 feet tall and prefers shady areas. It has white four-leaf flowers that have a honey-like scent, and fruits in a noticeable variety. This has been used in the traditional whooping cough treatment. Its wood is used for packing crates.
