Chinese Sweetshrub, Chinese Wax Shrub Sinocalycanthus chinensis - Calycanthus chinensis

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Botanical Name:

Sinocalycanthus chinensis

Family:

Calycanthaceae

Genus:

Sinocalycanthus

Species:

chinensis

Common Name:

Chinese Sweetshrub, Chinese Wax Shrub

Seeds Per Pound:
1,816
Quantity:
0.91 lb
Average Viable Seeds/Packet:
18
Germination:
91%
Germination Test Type:
cut
Purity:
99%
Height:
5-10 feet
Collection Locale:
China
Crop Year:
2013
Minimum Hardiness Zone:
6

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In Stock: 0.91 lb
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  • SINOCALYCANTHUS chinensis

Items are priced on a curve, you can buy any 'bulk quantity' up to what we have in stock, some examples are:
1 packet (~ 18 seeds)
$6.95
1 oz (~ 114 seeds)
$15.95
Growing Info, follow in order:
Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours.
Stratification: cold stratify for 90 days.
Germination: sow seed 3/8" deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed.
Other: fall sowing in mulched beds is prefered to artificial stratification.
In a Nutshell:

This Chinese native allspice is closely related to U. S. native Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus) and was formerly called Calycanthus chinensis.
* It is a dense, rounded deciduous shrub that grows 5-10’ tall with an equal or slightly greater spread. Camellia-like flowers (to 4” diameter) with blush-pink to white outer tepals, yellow inner tepals with maroon markings and a mounded ring of yellow stamens bloom near the shoot ends for a month or more in mid to late spring.
* Unlike Carolina allspice, its flowers have no fragrance.
* Glossy, medium green leaves (to 6” long) turn yellow in fall. more...