paperbush
Edgeworthia chrysantha
USDA zones7 to 10
SunHandles full sun or partial sun or full shade
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size4 to 6 feet tall4 to 6 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Rounded
- Bloom season
- Spring, winter
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Foliage color
- Blue, gray/silver, green
- Soil types
- Loam
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Paperbush (Edgeworthia chrysantha) is a shrub for shade gardens, woodland edges, and winter interest, and it also works as a specimen. It is hardy to USDA zone 7, or down to 0°F (-18°C). This plant likes full sun to full shade and average to moist, loamy soil. Fragrant yellow flowers open in late winter and into spring, and bees and butterflies visit them. The rounded shrub grows 48 to 72 inches tall and wide at a moderate pace.
Pairs well with Sum and Substance hosta, Foam flower, Christmas fern, and Azalea.
Native range
China.