Edgeworthia Problems

Here a major problem for edgeworthia is dieback from early and late frosts and failure of the wood to harden off. There is a bit of yellow fall color nothing to write home about in autumn.

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Edgeworthia problems

One of the greatest joys of being a plant enthusiast i think is stumbling upon and having the chance to learn a new plant especially one as unique and unusual as this month s plant of the month. According to edgeworthia paperbush information you can return the plant to healthy status by offering it a good drink. Rhs plants for pollinators plants.

Edgeworthia chrysantha commonly called paper bush is a compact deciduous shrub that blooms in late winter through early spring. Current thinking is that what we grow as edgeworthia chrysantha is a tetraploid a double set of chromosomes and the smaller growing non fragrant plant known as edgeworthia papyrifera is simply a diploid form of the same species. Edgeworthia is such a rare landscape plant that i cannot find specific disease information on it.

Edgeworthia chrysantha known commonly as the paperbush or simply as edgeworthia is a largely unknown shrub related to daphne. It still did reasonably well as long as i watered it in summer. Sun in winter but partial shade in summer.

Paperbush edgeworthia chrysantha is one of my favorite plants but sadly it is susceptible to phytophthora root rot like its cousin daphne odora. Paper bush is native to china but thrives in united states department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 7 through 10. As you can see one of our problems in this area is alternating warm and freezing but edgeworthia has not let me down.

What i do know is that it can be a bit tender in this area. The other species the evergreen e. During the time that edgeworthia is not flowering it still impresses with lush long green tropical looking leaves.

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