Edgeworthia Chrysantha Nanjing Gold Paperbush

Sign up for updates on new plant arrivals and deals. Edgeworthia chrysantha nanjing gold the edgeworthia also called paperbush is a sturdy yet elegant deciduous shrub well suited to the heat of the southern states.

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Edgeworthia chrysantha nanjing gold paperbush

Genus edgeworthia can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs with simple leaves and rounded terminal clusters of small daphne like often fragrant flowers. In spring summer and fall large lance shaped leaves cover the umbrella shaped shrub. This family also includes such garden gems as daphne and dirca leatherwood if you have ever twisted the stems of either of those plants you might recognize the similarity to paperbush all of these plants have very pliable shoots which gives them the nickname.

Edgeworthia chrysantha commonly called paperbush or edgeworthia is a deciduous suckering shrub that typically grows to 4 6 tall and as wide. A fine backdrop in dappled shade gardens. Filling the late winter garden with intoxicating fragrance this well branched shrub displays creamy yellow flower clusters at its branch tips.

Once frost hits the leaves drop but then the show begins. Spring brings slender blue green foliage turning yellow in fall. Supplied in approx 7 5 10 litre containers with bud and flower in season at around 80 120cms tall these are large well established heavy specimen plants much larger than our competitors.

Starting in mid winter and continuing in to early spring the edgeworthia has bright gold blooms that fade to creamy yellow over their long blooming period. Landscape shrubs paperbush edgeworthia chrysantha edgeworthia is a genus of two to three species in the thymelaeaceae family. Chrysantha is a bushy deciduous shrub with very flexible shoots bearing rounded inflorescences 5cm across composed of numerous small lightly fragrant yellow flowers opening.

It is native to woodland areas in the himalayas and china. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about edgeworthia oriental paper bush edgeworthia chrysantha nanjing gold supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles database at d. Edgeworthia chrysantha nanjing gold paperbush small clusters of fragrant yellow flowers open over a long time in late winter and cover the plant on naked stems.

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