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    Also Known As

    • Chimonanthus fragrans
    • Fragrant Wintersweet
    • Japanese Allspice
    • Wintersweet

    Plant type

    shrub

    size

    • H: 8'-15'
    • W: 8'-12'

    planting zones

    • 7a-10b

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    Chimonanthus praecox plant details

    Chimonanthus praecox is a slow-growing broadleaf deciduous shrub with green foliage. In spring and winter purple and yellow flowers emerge. Drought tolerant once established. Does well in average, rich and well-drained soil.

    CHARACTERISTICS OF Chimonanthus praecox

    Plant type: shrub
    Plant family: calycanthaceae
    Foliage: deciduous green
    Mature size: 8 FT - 12 FT - wide, 8 FT - 15 FT - tall
    Flowers: purple and yellow blooms in spring and winter
    Uses: easy-to-grow, fragrant, winter interest, year round interest

    GROWING CONDITIONS for Chimonanthus praecox

    USDA Zones: 7a - 10b
    Sun exposure: sun - mostly shade
    Soil needs: average, rich and well-drained

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    Nursery contributed plant descriptions

    Winter sweet. Can't believe we have these again! Most wholesalers are deleting plants that don't sell hundreds (thousands) per year. This is obviously not a huge seller but the scent in January-February is fabulous. The flowers are small (1/2”) yellow with the center petals purple. Needs light to bloom heavily. I saw a plant last spring with thousands of flowers. Delicious fragrance.

    By: Gossler Farms

    This shrub is an absolute delight for your senses! Incredible, sweetly fragrant winter flowers are waxy and pale-yellow with a burgundy center. These delicious blooms appear on bare branches in late-winter perfuming the entire garden. This large (10-15') shrub has outstanding glossy dark green lance-shaped leaves that make it a wonderful backdrop for other plants; the foliage turns butter-yellow in autumn. Used in China for over 1,000 years in cosmetics and as a tea flavoring; make sure to plant this shrub where you can enjoy its sublime scent. S/M

    By: Forestfarm

    Fragrant inch-long, many-petaled flowers in spring on the bare branches, the outer petals sulfur-yellow, the inner petals marked purple-brown. Deciduous shrub to 12 feet with glossy green 6" leaves. China.

    By: Avant Gardens

    An unusual deciduous shrub that blooms 6-8 weeks ahead of the ubiquitous Forsythia. Cut branches bearing fragrant yellow flowers bring refreshing good cheer when arranged indoors.

    By: Heritage Seedlings

    Deciduous, pale yellow, fragrant, winter flowers. Related to Calycanthus. Does best when planted in dappled shade not full sun. Zone 6-9. 10', China, part shade, humus rich well drained

    By: Keeping it Green Nursery

    First of all, I took this pic yesterday, December 27 so you see this Wintersweet is in full flower, and more important, it is in full fragrance; so as I go out my office door (just to the left of the window that you see there), I feel the sweetness to my toes. This is a pretty straggly large shrub (8'), but it is fairly well contained, so it is not a nuisance; and even if it were, it's winter offering would make up for it. zone 6

    By: Whitman Farms

    An unknown, unassuming plant that delivers the same impact in your garden in gray days of winter as when you're walking thru a mall and some store (Victoria's Secret comes to mind) is pumping scent out the door! Ranking up there with magnolias, lilacs and winter honeysuckle in the scent department, the fragrance is not overpowering but spicy and lemon-like and romantic. Like lilacs, most of the year it doesn't add anything to the garden but its mass, which isn't unattractive, just not particularly noticeable. HOWEVER, the scent in the dreary dead of winter earns this plant a spot in your shrub border. Just under-plant it with bulbs and let a Clematis or other vine scramble around through it for interest if you need to dress it up for the other season when it isn't the absolute star of the garden. Has fairly nice yellow fall color. Can be pruned to tree form.

    By: Lazy S'S Farm Nursery

    This multistemmed shrub single trunk tree if trained is an excellent addition to the small yard. It bears very fragrant, translucent yellow, purple tinted flowers in winter and grows to 10-15' at maturity but can be cut 6-12" from the ground in late winter to rejuvenate if necessary. Adaptable to many soil types, but requires good drainage. Enjoys full sun to partial shade.

    By: Greer Gardens Inc.

    Bare wintertime branches are adorned with pendent fragrant yellow flowers with a reddish-purple eye in June and July, and then bright red bracts that clasp shiny black berries. A feast for the nose. Deciduous shrub 8-10' tall and wide.

    By: Dancing Oaks Nursery

    Gardening facts about Chimonanthus praecox plant

    How to Grow Chimonanthus praecox

    • Sun Exposure

      • sun - mostly shade

    • Water Needs

      • drought tolerant

    • Soil Needs

      • average
      • well-drained
      • rich

    Features

    • Foliage Color

      • green

    • Flower Color

      • yellow
      • purple

    • Flower Season

      • spring
      • winter

    • Foliage Season

      • deciduous

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