Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Lindera obtusiloba, 1 by david5311

david5311 wrote:
I wonder how many people out there are familiar with the Japanese spicebush, L. obtusiloba? And in particular, how far north it can be grown? I have seen this shrub a number of times in my travels, on the east coast as far north as New Bedford MA (Allen Haskell's incredible nursery and garden....), The Morris and Scott Arboretums outside of Philly.

And, most recently, in Seattle, at the Japanese garden in the Washington Park Arboretum. The picture below was taken this weekend while we were there. In the gray rain, these plants are beacons of gold which seem to glow from within. I think they have the finest gold fall color of any shrub I have ever seen. The gold is often overlaid with pink on close inspection.