Silver Maple Live Stakes old_product_id_10722 It is a favored plant old_product_id_10723 It is a favored plant of landscape professionals for its reliability‚ impressive size and potential to be the statement making plant that gets better with age․ Spicebush‚ besides its many other attributes‚ has a pleasant and distinctive odor․ When the leaves are crushed or broken‚ the plants have a pleasant allspice or bay leaves aroma that adds to the pleasure of being in their presence․ The strong scent is yet another reason to grow the spicebush․ Besides being pleasant for the gardener‚ the scent serves to ward off some insects that may damage the plant‚ acting as an insect repellent․ This reduces the need to treat them with insecticides․ If you have ever brushed up against the spicebush's leaves while strolling in a botanical garden and then been enveloped in the warm‚ spicy smell coming from that shrub‚ drawing you towards it‚ you know why spicebush is a welcome shrub in the garden․ which helps secure loose soil and minimize washouts Mother nature designed Acer saccharinum to provide more than just soil stabilization