Sweet Shrub Leaf

The taste varies by variety from savory to sweet and they re a good way to add a crunchy texture to a dish.

Sweet shrub leaf. From scents of jasmine to pineapple these fragrant shrubs are a breath of fresh air. You may hear it called carolina allspice the strawberry shrub bubby rose or sweet betsy. Sweet shrub sweet shrub genus calycanthus also called carolina allspice california allspice or strawberry shrub one of two species of small ornamental trees of the family calycanthaceae with aromatic bark and sweet scented flowers both native to north america. This highly aromatic plant can be recognized by its red brown flowers said to resemble small magnolia flowers. The sweet shrub bush has opposite simple smooth margined leaves. The leaves have been used traditionally for hundreds of years in both brazil and paraguay to sweeten local teas and medicines and as a sweet treat. The shoots are the edible portion of the plant.

Use a guide to determine which types grow near you. Producing fragrant white flowers in summer the star jasmine is an evergreen woody climber with oval leaves. There are hundreds of bamboo species and 110 of them are edible. A compact deciduous shrub the viburnum offers clusters of pink buds that produce fragrant white flowers in mid to late spring. Sweet shrub calycanthus floridus goes by a number of names. The plant stevia rebaudiana has been used for more than 1 500 years by the guaraní peoples of south america who called it ka a he ê sweet herb. It grows in us zones 4 to 9 fairly easily.