Lindera strychnifolia Fred Meyer where the upright evergreen frame

where the upright evergreen frame holds the year and the flowers read with particular clarity against a dark background

Striking as a lawn specimen or at a woodland edge

As a garden plant

heap coarse sand about ten inches over the base

and anyone who has potted one up will nod

Lindera strychnifolia Fred Meyer where the upright evergreen frameThis quietly handsome evergreen has grown well for years in the Woodlanders garden here in Aiken, South Carolina, holding a place in semi shade where many broadleaf evergreens sulk. The spicebush earns a spot on foliage alone: glossy, leathery leaves, roughly heart shaped and about three inches across, each marked by three bold veins, with new growth flushing a soft bronze before deepening to green. Lindera strychnifolia belongs to Lauraceae, the