It originates from China and the Himalayas and grows, as a small rounded shrub, to about 4 or 5ft in height (occasionally more in a heated glasshouse). Carolyn. They turn an attractive shade of yellow in the fall. Your data will be helpful to southern gardeners. So I am encouraged to try an edgeworthia. But my worries are not that much about the hardiness as about the drought and heat tolerance in summer, as it is hot and quite dry in summer. I want people to ramble on about edgeworthias so that the information gets out there! Flower Seeds Packets for Planting 35 Individual Varieties Perennial, Annual, Wildflower Seeds for Planting Outdoors for Bees and Butterflies - Semillas de Flores Hermosas by Gardeners Basics . . Papyrifera was the first one I owned, after falling in love with the plant at the Atlanta Botanical Garden in the early nineties. Hi Nikolay, Fun to get a comment from your part of the world. Por favor, tenga en cuenta que algunas aplicaciones y/o servicios pueden no funcionar como se espera cuando se traducen. Yet ww had no rain 4 months till the end of September. Learn how your comment data is processed. We keep an eye out and bring them in whenever we find them, but this is rare. Root system!? Edgeworthia is one of those cool garden plants that collectors love and everyone will ask you about when you add it to your garden. This was the day I fell in love with Edgeworthia chrysantha . Carolyn, If you are following these comments, you will want to know that I have posted an additional article on edgeworthia called Edgeworthia Update. About 3 x 3 perfect shape covered with buds . Where is your Garden. Edgeworthias leaves are large and tropical, and its bark is an unusual reddish-brown. Should it adapt with time? Carolyn. How gorgeous is that!! Z7-9 Edgeworthia papyrifera Fragrant pale yellow flowers in February, slender green leaves, airy branching. Hi Carolyn Andrew points out that there are actually two species of edgeworthia, E. chrysantha and E. papyrifera. The edgeworthia I bought from you in the fall is doing great, and we get to see it every time we walk from the street to the front door. Two of the most common names of Edgeworthia are: Paper Bush Oriental paperbush Edgeworthia papyrifera Edgeworthia Flower Care Size and Growth Edgeworthia is a giant flowering shrub, reaching up to 6' - 8' feet tall. And there are photos on google of it growing in containers.. Because the shape is so beautiful and the shrubit is over 7 feet tall and wide nowI can hardly tell where I pruned the branch. Z7-9, Fragrant pale yellow flowers in February, slender green leaves, airy branching. Fortunately, it responds well to pruning. As always, Carolyn, you provide such fascinating information on plants! Your email address will not be published. In fall, leaves drop to reveal a beautifully . Clicking on the translation link activates a free translation service to convert the page to Spanish. Where are you located? I have never seen anything like it! We had no rain and high temperatures from August 1 through most of September last year, and I didnt water my edgeworthiait thrived. Great info, Liane. It begins to bloom in December, when its nothing but a bare silhouette in the garden, and continues through the winter. Unless you have the red / orange form, akebono, which was apparently a blooming flop for mist folks. But I would say that unless you are committed to serious pruning or a very large container, skip the container. L'Edgeworthia (Edgeworthia chrysantha, famille des Thymlaces), appel aussi Edgeworthie ou buisson papier , est un trs joli arbuste buissonnant la silhouette harmonieuse et l'allure exotique.Il atteint entre 1 et 2 m de haut et une longvit jusqu' 60 ans. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems:No significant problems. Rob Ripma Male lesser goldfinch in south Texas. Oh my word!!! Hope you are having a good winter! Finally, height and width estimates range all over the place with a consensus probably being 6 by 6. Carolyn. This well-branched shrub begins blooming in December, when its nothing but a bare silhouette in the garden, and continues through the winter. Thank you for the article! Carolyns advice is dead on. When you are ready to buy an edgeworthia for your garden, check out our edgeworthias for sale. It is deciduous and has large and distinctive leaves. i live in zone 8a,and would like to know if i can purchase Edgeworthia from you ?If yes, please send me details. Im pleased I stopped by and now have another beauty to add to my ever increasing wish list, Angie, I have a life list of plants that I eventually want to grow and some plants have been on the list for more than 20 years. Each 1 plus bud resembles an intricately designed tassel on the corner of an elegant Victorian pillow. Edgeworthia chrysantha, commonly called paperbush or edgeworthia, is a deciduous suckering shrub that typically grows to 4-6' tall and as wide. I dont have a recommended mail order source. During the summer its shape and foliage give the impression that it is related to the rhododendron. In the summer, the plant is covered in beautiful, narrowly oval, dark blue-green leaves, 6 in. The papyrifera is much less cold harder and vigorous. I thought a six foot spread area would be enough! We had a few days this past winter that were close to zero degrees with high winds, the blooms did not last as long as usual, but it still smelled heavenly and looks great today. I look forward to catching up with your post. Nice idea on the planter. Mine is about 6 feet tall and the same around, it is in a moveable planter (which I do not movebut I would if we are hit with a hurricane or some other natural disaster), the planter is 4 feet tall, 3 feet wide, and 5 feet long, it is has yellow flowers, and it is gorgeous, but I have a concern. Also, I want ti transplant it now, not in Spring, as I will not be here then. Beautiful. Here it needs part shade, but I would imagine it would want more sun farther north. I will continue to keep an eye on her and hope this winter goes well for both of us! And fortunately they are fast growers which have gone down greatly in cost. I dont care so much about the unattractive quality, I just dont want to lose one of my favorite shrubs of all time!! Would you mind telling me where you found your edgeworthia? 1 Names and Identifiers. I love edgeworthia in all its manifestations, but late winter when the buds start to swell has to be my favorite. Edgeworthia chrysantha Robert E. Lyons This shrub grows in zones 7 to 9, and in protected areas of Zone 6. I agree with Carolyn, that is just the way they grow. It eventually reaches 7 feet high and wide and makes a nice stand-alone specimen or back-of-the-border choice. and with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Anna Evans It is getting so big that I may have to cut it back! We made the original selection from a group of seed-grown plants, imported from China by Canada's Piroche Plants in the late 1990s. Carolyn. They are 5 to 6 long and about 2 wide, blue-green on the top and silvery green on the bottom. Or daphne, since they are similar. If you are still interested, you could contact me at the end of March and ask about the status. It is widely grown in Japan to make paper, hence the common name. Place the pot in a plastic bag to keep it moist [6]. As Carolyn says Time will tell., Joyce, I planted my larger edgeworthia last spring and am amazed that every bud opened this spring. It now seems to be stabilizing, and most of it is as lovely as ever. Is it because I live in a country that has no winter? . We have just had a lot of rain after a dry spell. So, my question is should I rather plant it on the East side of the house with afternoon shade or on the south side under the semi shade from grape vines??? Young leaves are covered with white, silky hairs. Maybe some of the people who follow these comments have tried edgeworthia from seed. In January, white flower buds begin opening to wonderfully fragrant, golden-yellow, honeysuckle like flowers densely packed in round clusters that continue to April. I think Cape Cod and southeastern PA are the same zone. I cant wait to care for these and see if I can be successful. Leslie, Thanks for reporting about your experience. Ive researched and researched and the only name that keeps popping up to identify my plants is Edgeworthia. Joy, I have noticed that the lower leaves turn yellow and fall off, but I didnt know it was that regular. There is a bit of yellow fall color (nothing to write home about) in autumn. Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Red Dragon' (Paperbush), Acorus gramineus 'Ogon' (Golden Variegated Sweet Flag), Want Garden Inspiration? I like everything about this plant, its lovely bark, growing habit, the exciting anticipation through the winter seeing the lovely silky buds waiting to burst, the joy the flowers give us in the spring, and the tropical showy leaves in the summer. Im on the Board of Awbury Arboretum in Germantown, and our landscape manager there, Denis Lucey, says edgeworthia is his favorite shrub by far. These dimensions make the Paperbush Plant a relatively large shrub compared to others, so it's best to keep this fact in mind since it will affect where you want . Im wondering if its worth trying, and pruning the plant as I go to keep things more manageable. It was planted in late winter, and now, June 20th is showing some yellow leaves on the lower branches. One thing is clear though: you wont regret adding edgeworthia to your garden. During the growing season, you'll appreciate the dark green to nearly blue-green foliage and the open, multi-stemmed growth habit. Consumer and Community Horticulture Professor and Extension Specialist, N.C. A number of leaves turned yellow and fell, while other stems showed what I would call wilt. What a surprise to see this in PA, even in southeastern PA. Tony Avent, among many authorities, now suggests that there is really only one species: E. chrysantha. I built the container using screws so I could take the container apart without destroying it when I needed to transplant my shrub. Name: Edgeworthia chrysantha Common name: Paperbush Description: Deciduous shrub reaching 5-6 feet tall and wide. Edgeworthia blooming at the Scott Arboretum (photo taken by Rhoda Maurer and used with the permission of the Scott Arboretum). More feedback as the seasons pass. Im so glad that you are selling them in PA. Ive transported quite a number of these to my relatives there in the last ten years, and now have an excuse not to! Anne, Thanks so much. N.C. The flower clusters vary from orange to red shade compared to the other Oriental paperbush with a yellowish tint. If you provide us with your name, email address and the payment of a modest $25 annual membership fee, you will become a full member, enabling you to design and save up to 25 of your garden design ideas. Julie, I think it is at its ornamental best when all the buds have swollen but not opened. It is a multi-stemmed shrub that forms an almost perfectly rounded umbrella shape of cinnamon colored branches. At least one member of the genus, Edgeworthia chrysantha, has the extremely unusual ability to branch trichotomously - the apical meristem forming the end of each stem splits into three sections at once. In full bloom, this plant produces a nice splash of fragrant, yellow flowers grouped at the ends of reddish-brown stems. Edgeworthia tomentosa (Thunb.) across (5 cm), packed with fragrant, silky white and yellow flowers (up to 40 per flower head). Hardiness: USDA Zones 7 to 9 (6b with protection) In the landscape: Wonderful specimen plant, border plant, or container plant. Now after the dry hot summer I am thinking the potting mix I used with the drainage was drying out too fast unlike my clay soil and this time I should use more of my clay soil, at least 50%!? I was away for a few weeks in Jan-Feb. and then again in March,but not much has happened since then. Carolyn. Carolyn. They are so beautiful. T, Thanks for reporting in. There is an evergreen dogwood called something like Empress of China that might work. Thank you for your info I originally favored the look of a vase like central stem, which proved stupid on a slope, so I advise taking terrain into consideration. I hope something works for you soon. This is if you havent guessed yet my single favorite plant. There is only one other species in the genus that I know of, E. papyrifera, and it may be just a subset of E. chrysantha. Once again I wish I lived closer to you this plant is not sold in my area. The reason it is in a planter is because I want to smell that heavenly fragrance each time I come and go from my front door in the winter. It flowers on old wood so you would want to prune it right after it blooms. All rights reserved An edgeworthia can drop all its old leaves and resprout in the course of a few weeks which I have seen recently where one is stressed from transplanting (oh, say after being yanked from the ground in Georgia and put in barely any soil and taken to Kennett Square to ones mum in a long car ride!). The Edgeworthia chrysantha in the Cosby Courtyard is arguably the best specimen on campus, illustrating a nearly perfect form. However, mine sailed through our harsh winter with -10 F (10 degrees below our supposed zone low) and bloomed. Anu, I dont have rabbits so am not sure what they will bother. Then it was in the upper 60s so more flowers opened before being hit with lows in the teens starting 3/11 and continuing in the forecast through at least 3/16. Grown in the sun, the foliage is still acceptable, though not as lush green as a rhododendron grown in a shaded area. Full sun or light dappled shade lover, this plant is easily grown in humus-rich, loamy, well-drained soils. It is so happy Hello Nikolay, It rains every few days now and still it is not enough and extra watering is needed. Hello Pamela, Carolyn. The only plants we ship are snowdrops to US customers. Will see how it does I have high hopes! Large varieties can become up to 8 feet high . Virtually pest and disease free. It did not flower at all, and only has started to leaf out around the beginning of August. Joyce, The buds on my edgeworthia are still fine. Edgeworthia produces fragrant, butterfly-attracting flowers in the winter and early spring. Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe in a cold frame. However, I love seeing the entire bush more than just the small buds. I pruned it before the first budding, probably in January/February and I pruned it hard taking some limbs down to the trunk. It can reach a height of 2-2.5 m. Flowers are yellow and fragrant, in clusters at the branch tips. I thought they would be. These seeds were collected from Edgeworthia chrysantha, also known as Oriental paperbush, and mitsumata. Please give him my best and tell him I agree, although I could never use the word favorite, definitely top 5. Save your plant data online. I recently acquired to beautiful plants that I am going to try in zone 5b, SE Michigan. Its in (what will be) high shade most of the day, some sun in the late afternoon. One was protected from the South and the East, and the other was totally unprotected. Fragrant gold flowers in February and big lush green leaves. If not, I guess I will have to try a more Southern raised US Chrysantha What exactly is a leaf compost (leaves which turned into soil?). To the extent there is any conflict between the English text and the translation, English controls. I live in the same zone as Carolyn, and weve had a very mild winter. However, I have been able to offer it to my customers in fall 2011 and fall 2012 because my wholesale shrub supplier carries beautiful specimens of it. I wish blog posts could include a fragrance button! I saw my first Edgworthia on a garden tour (Patterns?) And the blooms are the white (in my case) flowers early in the spring/late winter? For catalogues and announcements of events, please send your full name, location, and phone number (for back up use only) to carolyn@carolynsshadegardens.com. Height and spread: 150cm (59"). They are placed by WordPress, my blog host. Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Nanjing Gold' Gold Flowered Paper Bush Edgeworthia papyrifera. Unfortunately, ads on this page cause some problems the screen is jumping back to them, making it difficult to read and to write a comment. Current catalogues are under Pages below. Online Data Storage. Carolyn. Les, I agree, edgeworthia is an A+ plant that needs to become better known. When I walk up my driveway I start to smell the scent from about 20 meters away, heavenly!