{"id":868,"date":"2023-07-20T11:01:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T15:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/kbb\/?page_id=868"},"modified":"2026-02-04T10:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:10:12","slug":"sweet-shrub","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/kbb\/sweet-shrub\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Shrub"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"605\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/kbb\/files\/2023\/07\/Sweet_shrub_bush-website.jpg\" alt=\"sweet shrub\" class=\"wp-image-903\" style=\"width:410px;height:328px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/kbb\/files\/2023\/07\/Sweet_shrub_bush-website.jpg 605w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/kbb\/files\/2023\/07\/Sweet_shrub_bush-website-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Calycanthus<\/em> <em>floridus<\/em>, or sweet shrub, is a small ornamental tree. They are usually cultivated for their aromatic bark, leaves, and sweet flowers. They were adapted for pollination by beetles. The flowers resemble a lobster trap, which fold back and let the beetle escape, once pollen is transferred. They usually grow 3-9 ft. tall and 6-12 ft. wide, flowering in April &amp; May. If it grows in full sun, it will be shorter than if it was in part shade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calycanthus floridus, or sweet shrub, is a small ornamental tree. They are usually cultivated for their aromatic bark, leaves, and sweet flowers. They were adapted for pollination by beetles. The flowers resemble a lobster trap, which fold back and let the beetle escape, once pollen is transferred. They usually grow 3-9 ft. tall and 6-12 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":470,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-868","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/kbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/kbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/kbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/kbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/kbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/kbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1641,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/kbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/868\/revisions\/1641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/kbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}