Type: Native Tree/Shrub
Height: 6-10' tall, 6-12' wide
Sun: Full sun to partial shade
Flowers: Red
Water: Medium moisture in well-drained soil
 
Fragrant, reddish-brown flowers bloom in May, and give way to brown seed pasules which mature in fall and persist through the winter. Leaves are fragrant when crushed. Prefers rich, loamy soil. Can form colonies. Deer, clay, and wet-soil tolerant.