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Plant: Winter Gold - Edgeworthia
Edgeworthia · Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Winter Gold'
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
A rounded deciduous shrub reaching 4 to 6 feet tall and wide, with narrow green leaves that are gray green beneath and turn gold in fall. Silvery buds form in late summer and open in late winter into dense umbels of tiny fragrant tubular flowers with yellow to orange throats, held on distinctive three pronged brown stems. It takes full sun to partial shade in moist, well drained soil rich in organic matter, and suits a woodland edge, a container or a walkway where the winter fragrance can be enjoyed.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 6 ft tall and 6 ft wide
- Blooms in winter, spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 7a-10b
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
A rounded deciduous shrub reaching 4 to 6 feet tall and wide, with narrow green leaves that are gray green beneath and turn gold in fall. Silvery buds form in late summer and open in late winter into dense umbels of tiny fragrant tubular flowers with yellow to orange throats, held on distinctive three pronged brown stems. It takes full sun to partial shade in moist, well drained soil rich in organic matter, and suits a woodland edge, a container or a walkway where the winter fragrance can be enjoyed.
- Flowers
- Tiny tubular flowers with colorful sepals and no petals are carried in dense umbels; silvery flower buds appear in late summer and open in late winter.
- Foliage
- Narrow green leaves, gray green beneath, with short stalks, 3 to 5 inches long by about 2 inches wide.
- Fruit
- Inconspicuous dry drupes.
- Bark & stems
- Smooth brown bark on attractive brown stems; the three pronged branching is unique among commonly cultivated shrubs.
- Pruning
- Prune in spring or winter to remove diseased or damaged branches. Flower buds form on old growth, so prune right after bloom if shaping.
- Native range
- China and the Himalayas
