Yes! Thank you. I knew it had a "w" in the name somewhere. I have a feeling the price was almost double the one quoted on Google. I had a strange attack of the wobblies when I looked at the price at the GC.
@Joyce Goldenlily I have seen it for sale at a very expensive GC near here, underglass. It is a plant that 'stops you in your tracks'. I have never seen it growing locally it wouldn't survive outside.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
Garden centre have a role, but are not the best places to choose a shrub. Better to visit some gardens over the course of a year (or more). Either one of the RHS gardens, National Trust, a Gardens Open to the public. Better for you if you don't visit their plant sales area.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Edgeworthia chrysantha. My avatar! One of my favourite winter flowering shrubs....buds hang down and are white/hairy on outside. The flowers open golden yellow. Had one in South wales where it was very happy in moist, acidic soil in a very sheltered spot in a wood. Leaves are in 3.'s.
Branches are so supple you can tie them in a knot. In Japan the bark used to be used to make high quality paper.
Tried one in a pot in conservatory here...not happy...gave it away to NTS...see last pic.
Yes...very expensive if mature. Smaller the shrub the cheaper it will be.
@Silver surfer I hoped you might have some photos, I love the colour of the flowers especially at this time of year. Some very interesting facts about it too. I read that it is related to Daphne so on the right track
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
It is a stunning plant for this time of the year. Brilliant pictures. I am not sure that it would survive in my garden despite being in the centre of Cornwall, only about 5 miles from the nearest beach. My garden faces South/South West with nothing between it and the incoming storms in the Spring and Autumn. The rainfall throughout the year is high to very high. Recently I had 5 ins of snow while the other side of the town had a mere dusting. My soil is almost totally deficient in minerals etc, soil test done, very gritty, clay pit spoil heap rubbish, which leaches out anything put on it. I have to feed throughout the growing season, in the summer it is like a dust bowl and in the winter is waterlogged although it does drain quickly because there is a layer of compacted shale only a spades depth down. It is just on the side of slightly acidic. I knew nothing of this when I moved here! The garden is sandwiched between two fields of uncultivated agricultural land so field grass is a nightmare, like a miniature bamboo, has thousands of tiny bulbils, and really coarse blades of foliage which grow into large dense clumps. Why do I bother! I am a sucker for a challenge and peas love it. I am a bit reluctant to take a chance on trying to grow an Edgeworth chrysantha not only because of the cost but because it is such a treasure of a plant. I have an unheated double glazed conservatory but it is not really an indoor plant and will probably not be happy in a container. Also, I have never seen it growing down here. Soppy I know. Another plant to lust after, along with many more.
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"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
My avatar!
One of my favourite winter flowering shrubs....buds hang down and are white/hairy on outside. The flowers open golden yellow.
Had one in South wales where it was very happy in moist, acidic soil in a very sheltered spot in a wood.
Leaves are in 3.'s.
Branches are so supple you can tie them in a knot.
In Japan the bark used to be used to make high quality paper.
Tried one in a pot in conservatory here...not happy...gave it away to NTS...see last pic.
Yes...very expensive if mature.
Smaller the shrub the cheaper it will be.
My garden faces South/South West with nothing between it and the incoming storms in the Spring and Autumn. The rainfall throughout the year is high to very high. Recently I had 5 ins of snow while the other side of the town had a mere dusting. My soil is almost totally deficient in minerals etc, soil test done, very gritty, clay pit spoil heap rubbish, which leaches out anything put on it. I have to feed throughout the growing season, in the summer it is like a dust bowl and in the winter is waterlogged although it does drain quickly because there is a layer of compacted shale only a spades depth down. It is just on the side of slightly acidic.
I knew nothing of this when I moved here!
The garden is sandwiched between two fields of uncultivated agricultural land so field grass is a nightmare, like a miniature bamboo, has thousands of tiny bulbils, and really coarse blades of foliage which grow into large dense clumps.
Why do I bother!
I am a sucker for a challenge and peas love it. I am a bit reluctant to take a chance on trying to grow an Edgeworth chrysantha not only because of the cost but because it is such a treasure of a plant. I have an unheated double glazed conservatory but it is not really an indoor plant and will probably not be happy in a container. Also, I have never seen it growing down here.
Soppy I know. Another plant to lust after, along with many more.
Now I want an Edgeworthia chrysantha.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
There is now a new one with red flowers...called Red Dragon.
I prefer the golden flowers.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Edgeworthia+chrysantha+'Red+Dragon'&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjh4aT3p_T8AhWlolwKHQI4BW8Q_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=1280&bih=595&dpr=1.5
More pics. of the golden one..
https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=11713966@N02&sort=date-taken-desc&text=edgeworthia&view_all=1