{"id":868,"date":"2011-02-21T12:00:50","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T17:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=868"},"modified":"2013-09-06T21:27:27","modified_gmt":"2013-09-07T01:27:27","slug":"edgeworthia-deserves-a-try","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2011\/02\/21\/edgeworthia-deserves-a-try\/","title":{"rendered":"Edgeworthia Deserves A Try"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Edgeworthia flowering in March garden<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

First, I\u00a0must thank South Carolina nurseryman, Mr. Ted Stephens, who gifted me\u00a0 a Chinese paperbush (Edgeworthia chrysantha<\/em>) nearly 6 years ago. Most plant authorities rate its winter hardiness to USDA zones 7 and 8.\u00a0It struggled through its first winter and spring \u00a0in my zone 6-b garden, but has never disappointed. A few gardeners living near me are also enjoying some success.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Paperbush is not difficult to grow and is fascinating to watch as\u00a0cold temperatures moderate in early March. The uniquely nodding floral buds are clearly visible on branch tips in early fall. Fragrant flowers open in early March before the new spring foliage emerges. The tubular clusters of flowers are light yellow on the inside and white on the outside. After a number of years roots will sucker new plants, forming a small plant colony. If your plant reaches suckering stage, congratulations, it is happy in your garden.<\/p>\n

Its\u00a0greenish blue foliage is attractive over the 4-5 feet tall plants. Paperbush is a multi-stemmed shrub. The new growth is coated with fur-like reddish brown hairs. Paperbush belongs in a protected woodland environment under partial shade\u00a0in the summer. Its unusual flowering and early season flowering\u00a0entice plant collectors to give it a try.<\/p>\n

Paperbush is definitely a collector\u2019s plant and is available at e-commerce nurseries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Edgeworthia flowering in March garden First, I\u00a0must thank South Carolina nurseryman, Mr. Ted Stephens, who gifted me\u00a0 a Chinese paperbush (Edgeworthia chrysantha) nearly 6 years ago. Most plant authorities rate its winter hardiness to USDA zones 7 and 8.\u00a0It struggled through its first winter and spring \u00a0in my zone 6-b garden, but has never disappointed. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[299,645,666,10,630,7,642],"tags":[1240],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":878,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions\/878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}