A nice native shrub for the central Ohio garden is spice bush (Lindera benzoin). This humble shrub has simple, glossy green leaves, elliptic in shape. The terminal leaf at the end of the stem is about ...

After a tall tree in my garden developed a split, I had it removed last May (with city approval), revealing a large overgrown shrub. This shrub, a western spicebush (Calycanthus occidentalis), has ...