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Edgeworthia chrysantha Grandiflora / 5L / 23Cm
Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Grandiflora'
Confirmed format: 5 Litre Pot
Plant Highlights: Highly fragrant golden-yellow flowers in late winter • Large rounded flower clusters on bare stems • Attractive winter branching structure • Excellent specimen shrub for gardens or large pots • Provides valuable early-season garden interest
Overview
Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Grandiflora', commonly known as the Paperbush, is an elegant deciduous shrub that provides one of the garden's earliest floral displays. Before the leaves emerge, rounded clusters of large, fragrant golden-yellow flowers open on bare stems in late winter to early spring, filling the garden with sweet perfume when little else is in bloom. As the season progresses, fresh green leaves create a lush canopy, keeping this shrub attractive long after flowering finishes. Its distinctive branching structure also provides architectural interest throughout winter.
Why We Love It
Few shrubs provide such a memorable display in late winter. The large, honey-scented flower clusters appear when the garden is at its quietest, making 'Grandiflora' a rewarding focal point close to entrances, paths or seating areas where its fragrance can be fully enjoyed.
Plant Details
| Botanical Name | Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Grandiflora' |
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| Common Name | Paperbush |
| Plant Type | Deciduous shrub |
| Foliage | Mid-green, deciduous |
| Flower Colour | Golden yellow |
| Flowering Season | Late winter to early spring |
| Fragrance | Strongly fragrant |
| Position | Full sun or partial shade |
| Soil | Moist, humus-rich, well-drained soil |
| Habit | Rounded, bushy |
| Mature Height | 1.0 m – 1.5 m |
| Mature Spread | 1.0 m – 1.5 m |
| Hardiness | RHS H4 (−10°C to −5°C). |
Growing Guide
| Planting & Position | Plant in fertile, moisture-retentive but well-drained soil in a sheltered position in full sun or partial shade. Protection from cold, drying winds helps safeguard flower buds and blooms. |
|---|---|
| Watering & Care | Water regularly while establishing and mulch annually with organic matter to retain soil moisture and improve soil structure. |
| Pruning | Pruning is rarely required; simply remove any damaged or crossing branches after flowering if needed. |
Perfect For
- Specimen planting
- Woodland gardens
- Large patio containers
- Positioning near entrances, paths and seating areas
Good to Know
- The early flowers provide a valuable source of nectar for pollinating insects active during mild late winter and early spring weather.
- Fragrant flowers emerge on bare winter stems prior to leaf development.
Product Information
| Supplied Format | 5 Litre Pot |
|---|---|
| Plant Type | Deciduous shrub |
| Position | Full sun or partial shade |
| Ideal For | Specimen planting, woodland gardens and large patio containers |
| Features | Produces large, fragrant golden-yellow flower clusters from late winter into early spring |
Growing & care
- Plant type
- shrub
- Position & light
- Full sun· Partial shade· Sheltered
- Watering
- moderate
- Soil & drainage
- Well drained· Moist
- Mature size
- 1.0m high· 1.0m wide
- Flowering
- Late winter to early spring· Yellow
- Foliage
- deciduous
Useful to know
Good for containersPollinator friendly
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