Trees & ShrubsSweet Shrub This deciduous shrub has the strangest loveliest flowers, which are quite fragrant and bloom here in central Virginia in the mid-late spring. Crushing the leaves also gives a spicy scent, hence the alternative name "Carolina Allspice."
Trees & ShrubsMountain Laurel Thickets of this stuff is sometimes referred to as "Laurel Hell" because the weaving, spreading branches are almost impossible to walk through.