Carolyn, I have just found your site . Water regularly during summer and fall to keep the soil consistently moist, and water during summer droughts. They are so beautiful. Carolyn. Has anyone seen this behavior on their Edgeworthia? Paper Bush (Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Akebono') General Plant Information ; Plant Habit: Shrub: Life cycle: Perennial: Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade Partial or Dappled Shade: Water Preferences: Mesic: Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7b -15 C (5 F) to -12.2 C (10 F) Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b: Any of the shoots that come from the roots or base of the trunk I cut off too. Im partial to her because a previous boss said it would never make it It has partial sun/high shade. I am going to write a follow up blog post soon about my experience over the last few years. Email me when this plant is available. Stems may appear more spindly if the problem persists. Deciduous slow-growing shrub to 5-6' tall with winter blooms on handsome bare stems. I am in zone 8/7B/Adepending on the year and climate of the current season. Frost hardy in upper USDA zone 7. Hello Edgeworthia lovers, 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. 4243 S. NC 127 Hwy, Hickory, NC 28602 | Phone: (828) 294-2081 - Fax: (828) 294-4299 Try calling Gardenhood, they may need to call you back (and they are closed until next week) but someone there should be able to find it for you if it's available! 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. Kathy, How exciting! I have a lose cover of pine needles close to the base and out to the drip line of the tree (it is now a very large shrub/treeit is about 2 and a half meters tall and as wide). The first photo in the post of the Scott plant was taken in 2012 and the last picture in the post is of the same plant in 2006 so that gives you some idea. Others are starting to open their usual vibrant yellow, but the scent is diminished and the hummingbirds aren't so interested. Carolyn. How quickly does it grow? Hello Nikolay, 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.. Edgeworthia plants are woody shrubs with thick, spreading branches covered with a smooth burgundy bark that is peeled off and used by some Asian cultures as paper. Remember that watering deeply once per week allows . Moderate water needs in well-drained soil once established. Edgeworthias buds start to open at the beginning of March in our area and as early as January in the south. 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. Carolyn. ), but I thought Id tell you 2 things: 1. It usually does not get below 8F here. 'Akebono' may reach 8 ft by 8 ft in 10 years. They are 5 to 6 long and about 2 wide, blue-green on the top and silvery green on the bottom. 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 . Another reason for yellowing leaves is insufficient airflow. Push a branch into the ground, stick a brick or stone on it, and one year later you will have a rooted plant to detach from the main much like an azalea. Lee Lee, Thank you so much for your extensive comment. Edgeworthia are deciduous or evergreen shrubs with simplistic leaves and cinnamon coloured branches that hold an abundance of rounded, silky clusters of sweet and fragrant flowers from late winter to early spring. Any ideas? I think thats key! Would newly fallen Autumn leaves do the job or what could I use instead of a leaf compost, if I do not have it? Is it because I live in a country that has no winter? Please use your imagination to envision how gorgeous this shrub must be covered with hundreds of the silky silver buds shown in the preceding photo. The buds of E. chrysantha can get frozen with a resulting loss of flowers but the plants bounce right back. Wait to water until the top few inches of soil are dry. Here it is an unusual and elegant four season ornamental notable for its leaves, buds, flowers, and habit. As to sun or shade, I have six of these beauties of various ages surrounding my house. We're all for anything that blooms early! Many years ago at the Barnes Arboretum School of Horticulture I propagated a daphne from a cutting using rooting hormone and storing it over the winter in a greenhouse. My edgeworthia is about 5 yrs full sun, but few buds ever open. My most favorite shrub! What town and zone are you in? I doubt it would take our freeze/thaw and blistery winds in late February/March. Beautiful. I hope it wont be a problem. Carolyns advice is dead on. Some supplemental water will perk it right up (though you need not do it at the first sign of droops). Carolyn, I cant get this blog entry to let me leave a comment (maybe its full? Can they be moved if they outgrow their original spot in the garden? Carolyn. I am in about 40 full sun and it is doing very well. I am not sure what is going on with the ads. Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Red Dragon' paper bush. Well, I did not really think any one would pay attention to my comment so did not check here. Here it needs part shade, but I would imagine it would want more sun farther north. How gorgeous is that!! The mature bushes you have pictured, however, are gorgeous! Any suggestions? And maybe more rootgrow, the fungi creating an addit. I only prune right after the flowers have faded. I grow mine in zone 6B. I think Cape Cod and southeastern PA are the same zone. H Caroline. After seedlings emerge, move plants to new containers or outside if planting in spring or early summer. I would never plant edgeworthia in the woods, but it can take a fair amount of sun as long as it is protected from winter winds. Edgeworthia is native to China and was named for Michael Edgeworth (1812 to 1881), a plant collector for the East India Company. Anne, Thanks so much. That means it is rarely seen in public and private gardens and is hard to find at nurseries. Yellowing leaves often signify a nutrient imbalance. I dont know anything about growing edgeworthias in tropical climates. It was a more elegant plant (closer looking to a daphne) but far more fussy and slow growing (like a daphne) than chrysantha. This entry was posted on December 10, 2012 at 2:27 pm and is filed under Fall, Shade Shrubs, winter, winter interest with tags Carolyn's Shade Gardens, Edgeworthia chrysantha, fragrant flowers, paper bush. Thank you so much for your beautiful pictures and valuable information. We were drawn to this seedling because of . As for me, my edgeworthia is thriving in zone 7 with temperature and weather conditions very similar to yours. Facts: Edgeworthia. I have a second one that is almost as large as the first one that I bought down here (SC). But I would say that unless you are committed to serious pruning or a very large container, skip the container. Give plants enough space, and plant them in a manageable amount of space. It wasn't until several years later that we added it to the collections at the Scott Arboretum. However, older plants do not need as . Ive researched and researched and the only name that keeps popping up to identify my plants is Edgeworthia. Erica x carnii #1 Flowering can last four to six weeks. Gently pack the cuttings, ensuring the entire bottom of the selection is below the top of the soil. Your reply would be highly appreciated!!! We made the original selection from a group of seed-grown plants, imported from China by Canada's Piroche Plants in the late 1990s. 15 Zone 8 Plant Ideas For The Lower South, How To Grow And Care For French Hydrangeas, How To Grow And Care For Osiria Roses (Hybrid Tea Rose), How To Grow And Care For 'Meyer' Lemon Trees, How To Grow And Care For 'Autumn Joy' Stonecrop, How To Grow And Care For A Christmas Cactus, How To Grow And Care For Common Honeysuckle, How To Grow And Care For 'Knock Out' Roses, Acidic to Neutral to Alkaline (6.0 to 8.0). This causes the leaves to go limp when its hot but doesnt seem to harm the plants, time will tell. Why are the Edgeworthia leaves turning yellow and dropping.it is only June.should I be feeding it? I am going to give cultural information for edgeworthia with the caveat that I dont think the plant has been grown long enough for it to be definitive. Short-stalked, lanceolate-oblong, dark green leaves (to 3-5" long and 2" wide) are crowded near the branch ends. These hang on the bare branches and flood the garden with an exotic perfume, creating a sight and smell you will love. I did not plant my Edgeworthia in full sun and would not do it in your region. Happy Winter, Emily, I too find Edgeworthia to be a very hardy plant. Thanks for the link )in advance). Nursery Happenings: Carolyns Shade Gardens is a retail nursery located in Bryn Mawr, PA, specializing in showy, colorful, and unusual plants for shade. My 1990 edition of Michael Dirrs Manual of Woody Landscape Plants contains no mention of it, and it was not covered in my 1994 Longwood course, Deciduous Flowering Shrubs II. Are the leaves on your Edgeworthia exhibiting this behavior or are the leaves actually shriveling-up first and then falling off? Not sure he could send a plant to USA for sanitary regulations. Prune plant suckers away from the primary branch structure. *Edgeworthia chrysantha Snow Cream Papberbush - Winter hardy USDA Zones 7b-10b *Edgeworthia papyrifera Nanjing Gold Paperbush - USDA Zones 8-10 Posted in Horticulture Reports | Tagged Ashland Garden Club , Edgeworthia chrysantha Akebono , Flowers , Horticulture Report , plants , Plants for zone 7 , Winter Flowers , Winter Gardening , zone 7b Edgeworthia papyrifera 'Akebono' has one of the largest blooms and one of the largest flowers. i live in zone 8a,and would like to know if i can purchase Edgeworthia from you ?If yes, please send me details. Select woody and semi-ripe nodal stems to cut using pruning shears or a sharp knife. It is in an east facing location with lots of morning sun and afternoon shade, average soil with lots of other plants around it. Underplanting of Spring ephemerals has helped distract from the bareness. I waited years for a few blooms on my Osmanthus frangrans aurantiacus, planted in similar conditions to the abundant blooming fragrans. As to size, papyrifera may go well over 6x6 in time, as I have one that is there in 6 years (in half sun). After reading my postI can see I rambled and that I am very concerned about my lovely shrub. Red hellebore. Generally I stick with plants that are zone appropriate because of the maintenance aspects. Carolyn what a magical shrub..those silky tassel flowers have always made me want to touch themI have never seen it in flower but it is exotic lookingthis is indeed a very special shrub to grow. If the exposure to direct sun is for many hours I would try anythingumbrella, stone, pine straw, lean-to, etc. Is it ok? Germination can occur over the spring, but sometimes seeds require more than 12 months of warm stratification. Aside from its many attractions for us, I can report that deer have not found it so. Carolyn. We are now in zone 7a. Hopefully, itll be gone soon. Native to Asia, the paper bush, named for its bark, is a durable shrub often used to make paper goods, including banknotes, books, and wallpaper. Carolyn. Take cuttings to display indoors. Name City/State Email Phone Prod Type Availability; Youngblood Nursery Inc. Salem, OR: Email now: 503-390-8619: Container: 3 + Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Akebono' - 1 listing. I just called my supplier, and they will have 10 for me in April if all goes according to plan. The only plants that we ship are snowdrops and miniature hostas. Edgeworthia is native to the Himalayas, China, and Japan. We have very hot summers here, 90 to 100 degrees F, and it didnt rain for a lot of July, August, and September. Soon the long, slender leaves grow in, turning the shrub into a mound of attractive foliage that can grow to 6 feet (2 m.) in each direction. Hello Nikolay, I know you have been busy, but did you see a post I did and linked to you? Paper bush and daffodils at Gibbs Gardens, Ball Ground, Georgia. So excitedI planted my first edgeworthia this fall, and Im anxiously awaiting its blooms. Carolyn. Although they can turn yellow in fall, you wouldnt grow edgeworthia for fall color. Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Snow Cream' is a 2000 Juniper Level Botanic Garden/Plant Delights introduction that has proven to be one of our most popular introductions. For me in the south (7b/8), E. chrysantha is nearly indestructible. Anne, I have moved medium sized ones without problems, but never a very large one, although I cant see why it would fail. Sold out. I would love to hear from other readers who have tried Red Dragon. It has protection from winter winds, which come from the north west here, so that the buds, which form in November, dont dessicate. About this time, Piroche Nursery of Canada began importing the first large shipment of edgeworthias from China. I am glad you wrote in because I was thinking of trying it anyway because the flowers are so beautiful. 'Akebono' (or 'Red Dragon'): This variety features . In The Heather Garden at Ft Tryon in Washington Heights NYC I look forward to catching up with your post. Thank you for the information about Dirk, his site is wonderful. Perhaps some other commenters could help. Our Edgeworthia is about 9 years old now, and last year and this, many of the upper leaves have become shriveled and unattractive, and then die back. Distribution. This is a misleading time of year on the Vineyard. My 1990 edition of Michael Dirrs, JOURNAL: Gardening Blogs for Plant Lovers My Education of a Gardener. Greetings from Bulgaria, EVERYONE. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Joy, by the way, it just occurred to me since you are in about the same climate conditions as I, I was suggested a possibly dry tolerant cold hardy daphne called Pontica HYBRID http://www.seidelbast.net/ponticahybrid.html The guy is called Dirk and he is in Germany. In my previous posts I described our huge and spectacular E. chrysantha which we had for fifteen years in Barnstable, Massachusetts. I thought a six foot spread area would be enough! Was surprised to see one at my favorite nursery and snatched it up. A real gem of a shrub. Carolyn. To all reports, it is less hardy and less floriferous. Thanks for your blog, I really enjoy this plant as well. Young shrubs don't require any pruning except to remove dead or diseased foliage. 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. What zone are you? I am curious whether the Edgeworthia can tolerate growing in a pot. Pbm, The post profiles Edgeworthia chrysantha. Carolyns Shade Gardens is a retail nursery located in Bryn Mawr, PA, specializing in showy, colorful, and unusual plants for shade. Name City/State Email Phone Prod Type Availability; Youngblood Nursery Inc. Salem, OR: Email now: 503-390-8619: Container . Shrub for sun, mostly sun, mostly shade in zone 7b-10b. I cant describe ityou will just have to find a specimen and experience it for your self. It rains every few days now and still it is not enough and extra watering is needed. Last year however none of the buds opened. I live in Vancouver Washington & have 3 Edgeworthias. My compost just happens to be composed of thoroughly decomposed leaves. So please put me on your list my husband and I drive to Malvern often to visit our daughter and her family so we could easily pick it up on our way. There is an evergreen dogwood called something like Empress of China that might work. About 3 x 3 perfect shape covered with buds . Trying my first Camellia hybrid, April Kiss now. All the best Now it is sailing through a very hot and dry summer with no additional watering and practically no rain since the end of July. But your photographs are stunning and have obviously entranced your many readers! This photo was taken in September and the highly ornamental buds have formed but have not yet expanded. RM 2MEW921 - Edgeworthia chrysantha. Carolyn, The Edgeworthia in my Wayne, PA garden was planted early last summer. Sandra, Well I have now put myself out on a limb by ordering some of the strength of all this interest, but it really is a wonderful plant. Thats exactly what I wanted to answer. Rarely seen outside of arboretum collections, be one of the lucky few to add this elegant edgeworthia to your own garden. Will see how it does I have high hopes! You are the same zone as us. 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. It gives me something to look forward to. I wish blog posts could include a fragrance button! Keeping paper bush plants healthy as they establish will help promote better results in the future. Jul 2, 2020 - Explore Modern Rustic Living at Coldwe's board "Rare Plants", followed by 166 people on Pinterest. Hello Liz, Copyright 2015Far Reaches Farm. It now seems to be stabilizing, and most of it is as lovely as ever. 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. Although there is some confusion about this, Red Dragon is a cultivar of a different species of edgeworthia, E. papyerifera, which is less hardy as you found out. I am glad you appreciated the photos of the whole shrub. I also love Daphnes but they do not seem to do as well for me so about 7 years ago it was suggested to me to try the Chinese Paper bush and I am glad I did. I avoid doing it in extreme heat or cold, and wait for it to bloom, but aside from that, prune freely. Tina, I would love to see your photos when you are done with your break from blogging. 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. Carolyn. 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. From what I hear and read, Akebono, though a dramatic cultivar, has not been very successful for many. 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%!? There is also a cultivar with orange flowers called Red Dragon or Akebono which I covet but is also not hardy. Spray soap and water solution to get rid of the infestation. Intriguing Asian deciduous daphne relative that makes a rounded 5' shrub. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. It currently is about 7-8 high by 1215 wide. Im in north Georgia, and I fell in love with this plant when I first saw it. Joy, I have noticed that the lower leaves turn yellow and fall off, but I didnt know it was that regular. Carolyn. Sometimes if an insect chews on the leaf bud before it opens, then the leaf will be distorted. Even now in November its leaves are droopy and in summer they were shrivelling and drying completely. 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. I have to heavily prune one of several that wants to grow humongous by my front door walk every year. Will pamper and baby if need. It is a multi-stemmed shrub that forms an almost perfectly rounded umbrella shape of cinnamon colored branches. A south-facing wall is best for growing this shrub, which likes moist, rich soil. During those cold periods, the shrub cant take up moisture and the buds dry out and eventually shatter without blooming. These are hardy shrubs and fast growers unlike the Daphne. No one has ever mentioned that, and I have nothing to do with them. At least, I say I would. Carolyn. 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. I have never smelled it , though near our front door & have never seen it flower. I looked up care for edgeworthia and happened onto your Blog. I am now located in Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts. Carolyn. 2 members have or want this plant for trade. We finally moved them to an irrigated bed facing west where they get lots of sun & water. Its like little glowing bulbs. Edgeworthia chrysantha enjoys moist, well-drained soil in a sheltered, partially shaded position. Should I mound up mulch at the base around Thanksgivng like I do with my roses and mums? Edgeworthia blooming at the Scott Arboretum (photo taken by Rhoda Maurer and used with the permission of the Scott Arboretum). (404) 880-9848. I have never pruned mine. Hank, I guess the edgeworthias were on a schedule of their own this year. I would definitely mulch and protect from wind. While the paper bush thrives in most pH environments, it is best in soil rich in organic materials. Ive transplanted stalks with roots with no issues and minimal care. Id leave it be. Nancy, You must have liked the post. 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!). In season, the shrub seems fine, but if relocation will help, well find a better spot for it. Deciduous shrub; mature size: 4-6 ft T x W. I have never seen anything like it! Although articles state that its common name is paper bush, I have never heard anyone who actually grows it call it anything but edgeworthia. Akebono, which is an Edgworthia papyrifera, not an E. chrysantha (although there is some confusion), is not hardy here in zone 7A, southeastern PA. Edgeworthia chrysantha and its cultivars like Winter Gold are completely hardy, although the buds will freeze in extremely cold winters like 2017-2018, and there may be some branch die back. 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. Slowly introduce seedlings to colder temperatures before transplanting them outdoors. That said, it doesnt seemed at all fazed by pruning. Dear Carolyn, I have just planted one in a sheltered location in Kirkland Wa, outside of Seattle. You have shown photos of this beautiful shrub before but not the open flowers (unless I missed a post). I should have taken it out of the container last year. Joy, It is normal for the old leaves to turn yellow and fall off. Carolyn. Carolyn, Oh no!! Occasionally, paper bush plants are susceptible to earwigs when the soil becomes too damp. We have just had a lot of rain after a dry spell. We have 2 Edgeworthias that were planted in full shade. Holley, I wish you could see it in person. This 6-to-8-foot mounding shrub is a shrub for all seasons. Paper bush doesn't need fertilizer. This deciduous shrub features showy blooms that last four to six weeks and emerge from equally beautiful silver flower buds. They recover immediately with water. I []. 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. I grow Edgeworthia chrysantha, gardenii, and cv. Double Mint Gardenia (1) Dragon-eye Pine (1) Drops of Gold Japanese Holly (1) Dwarf Clumping Bamboo (1) Dwarf Crested Iris (1) Dwarf Florida Anise Tree (1) Dwarf Japanese Andromeda (2) Eco Minibox Azalea (1) | Flowers are yellow, have a sweet scent, and in clusters at the branch tips. Not so with my E. papyrifera Akebono. Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Akebono' Family: Thymelaeaceae Hardiness: To Zone 7a Mature Size: 5'x5' Exposure: sun/pt shade Bloom Time: Feb-Mar Moisture Needs: moist to average Price: $ 30.00. The falling leaves also reveal edgeworthias striking architectural habit. edgeworthia chrysantha akebono. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. I don't know if this winter bloomer is hard to propagate or if growers largely . Keep seeds inside the container moist. In Japan, the paper is used to make banknotes. A number of leaves turned yellow and fell, while other stems showed what I would call wilt. You have tubular flowers with longer tubes that pale faster. 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