SASSAFRAS ALBIDUM - -PLANT SASSAFRAS ALBIDUM (WELL ROOTED STARTER PLANT, SHIPPED BARE ROOT) ZONE 4-9 DECIDUOUS TREE NATIVE FROM MAINE TO IOWA AND KANSAS, SOUTHWARD TO TEXAS AND CENTRAL FLORIDA - GROWING TO 30 FEET TALL- FEATURES VARIABLY SHAPED FOLIAGE - SOME LEAVES ARE ELLIPTIC, OVAL, LOBED. THE SMALL GREENISH YELLOW FLOWERS OPEN IN EARLY SPRING FOLLOWED BY FLESHY DARK BLUE DRUPES IN FALL FAVORED BY WILDLIFE. IN AUTUMN THE LEAVES TURN BRILLIANT SHADES OF YELLOW, ORANGE AND RED. ALL PARTS OF SASSAFRAS ARE AROMATIC, SMELLING LIKE ROOT BEER. EASY TO GROW IN DRY, SANDY SOILS - PREFERS PARTIAL SHADE TO FULL SUN.