Calycanthus floridus 'Athens' 26/3 Restock closer to melon and pineapple

closer to melon and pineapple than the strawberry scent of the maroon forms

giving winter character once the canopy is bare

or anyone who has ever wanted to step out the back door

or the collector who wants the plant that put Woodlanders into the American nursery trade

The pickup never came

Calycanthus floridus 'Athens' 26/3 Restock closer to melon and pineappleCalycanthus floridus 'Athens', also circulated under the name 'Katherine', is a yellow flowered selection of the Eastern sweetshrub, a deciduous native of the Southeastern woodlands long grown for fragrance, adaptability, and strange, many tepaled flowers. Where the wild plant blooms a deep maroon, 'Athens' opens soft, buttery yellow, an unexpected and elegant turn on a familiar shrub. The pale flowers carry a ripe, almost tropical perfume, closer to