27+ Edgeworthia

In summer the blue green slender leaves turn edgeworthia paperbush into a mounding bush. The green leaves of the plant are shaped like a lance head narrow oval shape with a pointy top edge.

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Edgeworthia

Edgeworthia is one of the stars of the winter garden or should we say it s one of the suns. Grows in part sun to shade. Edgeworthia is a giant flowering shrub reaching up to 6 8 feet tall.

The summer loving tree sheds its leaves in fall and late winter going through beautiful fall colors and grows new ones in spring. Edgeworthia flowers exude a sweet fragrance similar to daphne further enhancing their sunny disposition. Edgeworthia carolyn s shade gardens is a retail nursery located in bryn mawr pa specializing in showy colorful and unusual plants for shade.

If you aren t familiar with paperbush edgeworthia chrysantha it s a fun and unusual flowering shrub. Make a cut just above a bud that faces outward. The only plants that we ship are snowdrops and miniature hostas.

Bright yellow flowers appear in round clusters on the branch tips like little suns so it s not much of a stretch. 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. Edgeworthia chrysantha commonly called paper bush is a compact deciduous shrub that blooms in late winter through early spring.

Many gardeners love to discover a new plant for the shade garden. Despite having only 4 species in the genus agreement on which is which seems to change more often than some women change shoes. Hardiness zone 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b 10a 10b.

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