Spice Bush Rabbit Damage - Winter 2023 - January 2023
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One of the plants that I picked up at this past year's Morton Arboretum Plant Sale - BUT failed to post about when I planted - was this decidious shrub called a Spice Bush (Lindera benzoin). I tucked it in back by the fire pit and mostly forgot about it. Below is a snapshot of the sign from the sale that I took back in April and you can see that it has a Forsythia with yellow Spring flowers. Below is the plant tag showing that it will grow up to be 6-12 feet tall and 6-12 feet wide. And will handle partial shade: Below is a photo showing what it looked like when we brought it home with green leaves on woody stems. It was about 15" tall from the soil-level. This was, clearly, not on the plan. But, we still bought it, on a whim. The REAL reason that we bought it was that the lady at the sale told us about the Spice Bush Swallowtail, a butterfly, that relies on this plant during the caterpillar stage . What's not to like about that, right? Helps us continue to meet