Edgeworthia chrysantha
Plant type
Shrubs Common name
Bastone di San Giuseppe
Family
Thymelaeaceae
- Shrubs
Habitus
- Half-shadow
- Sun
Exposure
- Deciduous
Leaf Persistance
- Yellow
Flower Colour
- 04-April
- 02-February
- 03-Mars
Flowering Period
- 7
Climatic Zone
- Asia
Continent of Origin
Origin: China.
Botanical characteristics: It is a deciduous upright shrub with rounded crown.
Leaves are ovate-lanceolate, dark green, up to 15 cm long. In winter it produces on bare branches an abundant blooming of small fragrant funnel-shaped creamy yellow flowers grouped in globular inflorescences and covered with silky white down.
Agronomic and environmental characteristics: It prefers rich, moist but well drained soil in full sun.
Use: It is used for the winter flowering and the scent of flowers, as a single plant and in shrub borders, assembled with other shrubs and low-lying plants. It is ideal for small gardens.