Sometimes if an insect chews on the leaf bud before it opens, then the leaf will be distorted. These are fast and large growers. Edgeworthia buds as they appear through the heart of the winter. How many years was the plant growing in your container? I am now located in Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts. I have often left mine which are in all possible sun and shade conditions during blazing hot, dry July or August for a week to ten days with no ill consequences. The small, yellow, strongly fragrant, pendant flowers hang in hemispherical clusters from the bare branch tips from February to April. 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. Keep in touch and let us know where you decide to plant your lovely Edgeworthia and how she fares. Edgeworth (1812-81) and English amateur botanist employed by the East India Company. I dont ship plants except snowdrops and miniature hosta. It is now almost five feet tall. Nakai belongs to Thymelaeaceae family, its alabastrum is used as the traditional Chinese medicine 'Buddleja Officinalis Maxim'. I was also thinking about planting it in afternoon shade as I was worried for the scorching summer sun but then that would be a side open to the wind in winter, which I thought was the bigger problem, so I planted it in a sheltered from the winter wind but very sunny spot. Elegant smooth branches glowed in the afternoon light, each holding clusters of tiny creamy flowers . Planted it under a big oak, east facing, will get 4 or so hours of morning sun in summer. Blooming begins in our area in early March and can continue through April. Does scent travel in the air and to what distance??? Rosemary, I have never seen one growing in a pot. We are spending Christmas in the foothills of the Himalayas so I am just hoping we might see Edgeworthia in its native habitat. Carolyn. L'Edgeworthia, un arbuste rare. Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, Juniper Level Botanic Gardens: Part Sun-Part Shade Gardens, Border Landscape Pinewild County Club, Moore County, Mountain Ridge Top Garden - East Lawn and Lower Drive Border. We get so attached to our plantsor is it just me? Anne, I have moved medium sized ones without problems, but never a very large one, although I cant see why it would fail. The fragrance is a bit like gardenia with a slightly spicier element. Glad you enjoyed it. It would help to know where you are. Any suggestions? There are two species of Edgeworthia - sort of. What an interesting plant! Molly, If your edgeworthia forms buds, but they dont open, then you must be experiencing extreme cold during the time the buds are on the plants, late fall to late winter. P.S. For me the yellow leaves are very noticeable because my tree is front and center in the front yard, so I fret about the yellow leaves too, but as long as everything else the tree needs is in correct order, I will just pick up the yellow leaves off the ground. Robyn, My edgeworthia in a more exposed site did not bloom last year either. I did have to take off a branch that was against the house and I hated every second of it. Kathy, How exciting! I think thats key! You will love your edgeworthia eventually. Joy, There are so few edgeworthias in our area that I underestimated the size and planted it close to a very special Japanese maple and a thriving camellia. Carolyns advice is dead on. It is near my front door so most of the winter I have the scent wafting into my house. Origin: Found in the woodlands of the Himalayas and China. Need more advice on my Chrysantha. I am curious whether the Edgeworthia can tolerate growing in a pot. No, I dont. Bloom time is in February before leaves appear. It was a more elegant plant (closer looking to a daphne) but far more fussy and slow growing (like a daphne) than chrysantha. North Carolina citizens each year through local centers in the state's 100 counties Edgeworthia chrysantha is a deciduous shrub with dark green, leathery, single, alternate, lanceolate leaves, 8-13 cm long. I have been hesitant to say that edgeworthia are indestructible because there arent many in our area, zone 6b/7. As edgeworthias age, if you have a little patience, you can root your own by allowing a ground sprout to grow awhile and placing a brick on it to encourage root development. I have concluded that edgeworthias are perfectly hardy in our zone. Mine have set buds this summer while temps hovered in the 90s. I think I may let one in a lesser seen part of my garden go multi-stemmed since the stability of the single stem as it ages on a slope may become an issue. Sorry I can not vouch for growing conditions for the plant. Although they are sometimes treated as synonymous, Andrew thinks they are distinct species. If only I were good at shaping! Last winter the buds freezedried and never opened on mine in Germantown (PA), but the plant is fine. A south-facing wall is best for growing this shrub, which likes moist, rich soil. Any ideas? Providing winter interest and fragrance, Edgeworthia chrysantha (Paperbush) is a bushy, suckering, deciduous shrub, prized for its luminous, rounded inflorescences, 2 in. Where are you located? I live near New Hope so thats ve convenient! Ill have something to watch carefully through the winter. This may be one for future planting when some of my trees and shrubs get up a bit. Pruning my be in my plants future too. As to size, papyrifera may go well over 6x6 in time, as I have one that is there in 6 years (in half sun). Colin, I recommend that you read the comments on this post and a later post that I wrote on Edgeworthia called Edgeworthia Update to get pruning information given by edgeworthia growers all over the world. Heather @ heathrss@aol.com, Sorry, Heather, the only plants I ship are snowdrops and mini hostas. Regarding orange and red flowering Edgeworthias - they are very hard to find, and we are just as sad about it as you are. I, too, am ready to get one next growing season. No one has ever mentioned that, and I have nothing to do with them. Carolyn, I have just found your site . Portland Nursery on Stark Janet, Thanks for all that great growing information. saturday club membership fees Search. I am in zone 7B (North Carolina foothills). If the whole plant looks mopey as sometimes happen, I will water it (but not otherwise). I did lose one of those to a particularly bad southern winter once! I was so happy to read that edgeworthia is kin to Winter Daphne. After leaves have fallen, bare branches host silver-hair covered flower buds that according to one observer, look like mouse toes. You dont have to worry about missing the scent of the blooms, but you may want to plant edgeworthia within reach of passersby because the foliage invites handling. Oh my word!!! Carolyn. Make a cut just above a bud that faces outward. Carolyn. Cooperative Extension, which staffs local offices in all 100 counties and with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Germination can still take 12 months or more at . Carolyn, I cant get this blog entry to let me leave a comment (maybe its full? It formed buds on virtually all branches by Fall, but some appear to have shriveled in the cold of late winter, and none have blossomed yet. It is a multi-stemmed shrub that forms an almost perfectly rounded umbrella shape of cinnamon colored branches. It is gorgeous in the winter. Carolyn. Thanks so much for answering the propagation question. The individual florets are tiny, but a few dozen make up a 1- to 2-inch cluster of beautiful yellow flowers. I need advice as to the soil mix. Carolyn. 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%!? It arrived fairly recently in the US. Glad you have found a place for it. Tatyana, The drooping leaves are not a problem. If you read the comments, there are plants growing in SC in full sun. The description of these plants has been written based on numerous outside resources. Can I get on the list for an edgeworthia in April? Carolyn. Oriental Paperbush Diseases & Pests The only problem you might find is not watering your plant. Contents. Wish I could see your garden. Although articles state that its common name is paper bush, I have never heard anyone who actually grows it call it anything but edgeworthia. The only caveat I might add, since you are in Bulgaria, is to be certain the plant you get is the large leaved Edgeworthia chrysantha and not the smaller leaved Edgeworthia papyrifera (if that is even still available in the trade). Carolyn. I should have taken it out of the container last year. I havent seen anything but chrysantha on the market for years now. I cant wait to care for these and see if I can be successful. If you would like more information on edgeworthias, please read my more recent post, Edgworthia Update, and the very helpful reader comments, by clicking here. Phone: 503.788.9000 It is in dappled morning shade, a window of full sun in the mid afternoon, and shaded in late afternoon. 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. Its done wonderfully in my garden. Here it needs part shade, but I would imagine it would want more sun farther north. Foliage: Deciduous, alternate, simple, narrowly oblong, dark greenish blue. No idea. Lee Lee, Thank you so much for your extensive comment. I originally favored the look of a vase like central stem, which proved stupid on a slope, so I advise taking terrain into consideration. Long, narrow, leathery, blue-green leaves up to 10 inches long give the shrub a tropical look. 4 Patents. 3793. It is in moderate shade in the summer, under trees. Old leaves turn yellow and fall off regularly. The genus Edgeworthia is quite small, containing only 4 Asian species, if you agree with the taxonomists and lump Edgeworthia chrysantha (tetraploid) and Edgeworthia papyrifera (diploid) together. Protect from strong winds. Although these are forgiving plants, a woman I spoke to at a Georgia Perennial Assn event said she had tried and failed several times with containers. These are hardy shrubs and fast growers unlike the Daphne. Short-stalked, lanceolate-oblong, dark green leaves (to 3-5" long and 2" wide) are crowded near the branch ends. Carolyn. Not sure which Edgeworthia - Paperbush to pick? $14 million dollar house maine; Beautiful yellow fragrant flowers in mid-winter. My plants just grow lush green leaves and they keep growing without flowering or loosing their leaves. The winter gold E. chrysantha had a couple of flowers come out in February, but they and the rest of the buds died in March when temperatures went well below freezing. However, another example of a mature edgeworthia plant can be found in the Terry Shane Teaching garden and two very small specimens can be found in the Harry Wood Garden and south of Martin Hall. Thanks for the link )in advance). Height and spread: 150cm (59"). Its very hardy and spreads from the root. I am in SE Michigan also, so it would be interesting to compare notes. Carolyn. It is planted in a southeastern exposure. About 3 x 3 perfect shape covered with buds . Fortunately, it responds well to pruning. To use the website as intended please So excitedI planted my first edgeworthia this fall, and Im anxiously awaiting its blooms. 1. You can help woodland plants fight disease by adding plenty of soil conditioner to your clay soil before planting. My most favorite shrub! The edgeworthia is native to the Himalayan forest with a cold hardiness in zones 7-9. Watering schedules vary, but they don't require much water in the first few years. Carolyn. Edgeworthia will naturally grow as a multi-stemmed shrub, but looks best when pruned into a single-trunked mini-tree. When the leaves drop, they reveal the slender and pliable reddish-brown bark seen above. Hi Carolyn There is basic information about the nursery along with catalogues and a place to subscribe to the blog. It is getting so big that I may have to cut it back! Takes sun, part sun, shade, wet, dry. The Edgeworthia was also starting to lean forward and with any hurricane it could have tumbled overI am in zone 7B. Inner bark is used to make paper hence the common name. Phone: 503.231.5050 Get all the details below! Donna, Exotic is a good word for it, and it does engage the sense of touch with the silky buds. I dont have a recommended mail order source. Please note that some applications and/or services may not function as expected when translated. In the eastern part of their range, lesser goldfinches have a black back but farther west, they have a greenish back. I prefer edgeworthia shaped to a single stem, but have seen it grown multi-stemmed also. A: Edgeworthia is a great shrub but it can easily grow to six feet high and ten feet wide, much larger than most gardeners consider when planting. 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. Also, I want ti transplant it now, not in Spring, as I will not be here then. Best regards Pruning may be considered heresy, but I also need some light through that window. Another species of the paperbush is the Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Akebono,' also known as the red dragon. Consumer and Community Horticulture Professor and Extension Specialist, N.C. Its like little glowing bulbs. Perfectly content in a well-drained location that receives afternoon shade, paperbush slowly attains a height and spread of 6 to 8 ft. Edgeworthias can take full sun, but full sun areas are usually less protected from winter cold and wind. And the blooms are the white (in my case) flowers early in the spring/late winter? Although here in piedmont NC we had a cold winter this year, we have had colder, so I dont think the low temperatures are the reason for our problem, I think I probably just didnt prune severely enough. Bright yellow flowers appear in round clusters on the branch tips like little suns, so it's not much of a stretch. i live in zone 8a,and would like to know if i can purchase Edgeworthia from you ?If yes, please send me details. Your reply would be highly appreciated!!! I have mine in a 4 feet tall, 3 feet wide, and 5 feet long, container that I built and the container is in a protected locationsheltering the plant from full sun and winds. Also I had read standing water in winter was not good for the roots, which is a problem for me in some winters, esp with underground water raising to the surface, so I made a drainage with stone at the bottom of the hole and planted the edgeworthia on top of the stones. At my old job we had one in the display garden that got little supplemental water during dry times, and although the plant lived through it, the flowers were puny the next winter. Its all of 18 tall now. 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 . NC State Extension is the largest outreach program at NC State University. 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!