Edgeworthia Chrysantha – Paper Bush – 3 Gallon

One of the all-time favorite plants in our own gardens, Edgeworthia, also called Paper Bush, is a truly a multi-season color and fragrance factory. In January, white flower buds begin opening to wonderfully fragrant, golden-yellow, honeysuckle like flowers densely packed in round clusters that continue to April. We’ve yet to meet a person who didn’t like the wonderful perfume the flowers emit. During the warm season, the plant is adorned with long, plumeria-like leaves that provide a lush, tropical look in shady areas. The leaves turn yellow in fall before dropping in early winter to reveal both the wonderful bark and the large, silvery-white flower buds at the tips of every stem on the plant. 

Tip:  Cut a few stems with buds off to enjoy the fragrance in indoor floral arrangements.  

Growing in a large mound 5 to 6 feet tall and up to twice as wide, Edgeworthia is ideal for use as an accent or specimen in medium size landscape spaces and home foundation plantings. In large landscape spaces it can be planted in groupings or as natural hedges. Plant near windows, patios, decks, porches and other outdoor living areas where the fragrance can be enjoyed. A fine addition to fragrance gardens, yellow theme gardens, cut flower gardens, woodland gardens, cottage gardens, and tropical-look gardens. 

Suggested Spacing:  5 to 6 feet apart for solid hedges;  12 feet or more apart for space between plants

Note: For our customers who live and garden North of USDA Cold Hardiness Zone 7a, where this Edgeworthia is not reliably winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and place back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.

Edgeworthia is exceptionally easy to grow in moist but well-drained soils rich in organic matter and shade or part shade. Morning sun is fine but avoid direct afternoon sun. The established plants in our gardens rarely require watering however young plants might require supplemental irrigation during prolonged periods of summer drought. If leaves wilt and droop during a drought, a watering will perk them back up within minutes. Be careful to pick just the right spot for this plant because it does not like being transplanted once established.