Comments on: Edgeworthia chrysantha

By: Ann Mabry

Ann Mabry — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:55:22 +0000

I have been unable to find the edgeworthia plant to purchase it in my area (eastern Tennessee). I would love to find a source for it’s purchase!

By: Liane Schleifer

Liane Schleifer — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:12:58 +0000

I first saw this plant 20 years ago at the Atlanta Botanical Garden but couldn’t find one anywhere. Two years later, I paid $35 at the Atlanta Garden Show for a twig with two tips. Two years later, it flourished. That first variety was papyfera with smaller leaves than chrysantha, and it didn’t survive a move or overwinter for my northern mom. Since then, chrysantha has proven hardier and I have several, one which does require pruning because of placement. It has always responded well to pruning for me. It’s easy to make more too. Let a ground shoot or two grow, push the stem under the soil, add a brick on top and wait a year or two for nice roots to develop. My mom in West Chester and sis in Germantown both have beautiful specimens they’ve grown for years purchased from Picadilly Nursery in Georgia.

By: John Antonetti

John Antonetti — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:02:19 +0000

I have seen this shrub in Atlanta and St. Louis, but cannot find it for sale. Does anybody know a reliable source for a fairly large plant? I’m in Little Rock and willing to pay for a larger plant to be shipped (or even picked up while I’m traveling).
Thanks!
John

By: Andrew Bunting

Andrew Bunting — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:46:49 +0000

Is your plant sprouting at the base? If so, prune off any dead leaves or stems.

Andrew Bunting, Curator

By: frank wong

frank wong — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 05:15:10 +0000

wondering if my edgeworthia stems and leave are dying -is it ok to break off the dead leaves and stems-it’s summer here,portland,ore(zone 8?)do I need to put mulch down before the winter .2 plants on a slope with alot of drainage.any suggestion?
thanks

By: Kathryn Goodson

Kathryn Goodson — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:09:36 +0000

Is edgeworthia deer resistant?

By: Linda

Linda — Thu, 12 May 2011 21:19:13 +0000

My edgeworthia was planted last spring. I’m in Durham, NC. It is May and there are still no leaves. There are leaves growing on the very tip of bare branches. There are two suckers coming up and they are full of leaves. What should I do?

By: aaron

aaron — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:44:14 +0000

I have two edgeworthia’s on the estate i run i planted them in late autumn and they where snowed on very quickly and the 3 x 3 branches off from one another have gone yellow and soft inside but it is like it has only effected the last years growth, should i cut them back to a healthy point now? or wait until late summer? i am 19 and very new to horticulture and have been thrown in the deep end!! trying my best so swimm!! but the edgeworthia’s are right on my clients pattio so i want to get them sorted a,s,a,p!! thankyou for any advise!
Aaron Scott

By: Randy

Randy — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:44:50 +0000

We have a beautiful edgeworthia in our back yard next to our pond. It’s a woodland setting, getting both shade and sun. I’m glad I never pruned it, especially after reading some of the advice. :) We love it, the scent is great and the plant does well here in Atlanta, GA.

By: Larry Weaver

Larry Weaver — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:20:50 +0000

3/23/2010
I bought our Edgeworthia at the Swathmore plants sale last Fall and planted it in Chalfont, PA. 6B, 20 miles north of Swathmore. We are pleased to anounce the opening of all 15 buds, such as they are, despite temps in the teens this winter. We planted the new addition on the south side of our house and protected all sides but the South with burlap. This specimen has a single trunk measuring about 10″ above the ground with four lateral primary branches. I would like to improve it’s shape. Will the suckers if they develop, produce flowers eventually? FYI, I did see an Edgeworthia at the Baywoods golf club in DE at the first tee. I though it too needed some serious shaping help, or maybe it didn’t…