Edgeworthia Chrysantha Bloom

"I can think of few plants that add as much to the winter garden as the incredible Edgeworthia Chrysantha and I hope everyone will add one to the garden."

-Tony Avent, Plant Delights Nursery

 

As a renowned plant explorer and American Horticulturist, Mr. Avent should know!

 

All summer, this rather spindly, amazing, otherworldly-like daphne relative is adorned with tropical-looking leaves that drop by mid-December to reveal it’s wonderful bark and large, silvery, terminal flower buds.

 

These buds open steadily from mid-January to early April with “an overwhelmingly fragrant display of pendent, golden yellow flowers.”

 

We can’t think of a better way to say

“Happy First Day of Spring!”

 

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Uploaded on March 20, 2014
Taken on March 20, 2014