Snow Cream paperbush
Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Snow Cream'
USDA zones7 to 10
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size5 to 8 feet tall5 to 8 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Rounded
- Bloom season
- Spring, winter
- Bloom color
- Golden yellow with silvery white buds
- Soil types
- Loam
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Snow Cream' paperbush (Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Snow Cream') is a shrub for borders, specimen planting, shade gardens, and winter interest. It is hardy to USDA zone 7, or down to 0°F (-18°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, loamy soil. Fragrant golden yellow flowers open from silvery white buds in winter and spring. Bees and butterflies visit the blooms. It grows into a rounded shrub that reaches 5 to 8 feet tall and wide.
Pairs well with Foam flower, Paperbark maple, and Azalea.