Gurney's Seed and Nursery Co. - Fragrant Sassafras Shade Tree
Mitten-shaped leaves smell like a fragrant combination of vanilla and orange. (The roots are used commercially for distilling perfume and root beer!) Spectacular color in fall--yellow-to-orange, scarlet-to-purple foliage. Grows 30-60 feet tall.
Gurney’s trees are shipped as dormant bareroot stock that leafs out into handsome, healthy specimens that do our lawn and landscape proud.