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Chimonanthus praecox var. luteus |
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| Common name |
winter sweet |
| Family |
calycanthaceae |
| Life cycle |
shrub (Z6-9) |
| Flowers |
yellow (winter) |
| Size |
to 12' |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
Glossy-leaved shrub with fragrant pendant yellow flowers in winter. Can be pruned as a small tree. Yellow autumn foliage. Borderline hardy in our garden (some list it hardy as only to zone 7), but my seedlings survived the fairly harsh winter of '15 (shown at right in early May '15), so I have good hope for them.
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Eva | Dec 22, 2016 | I love this plant! I have a few small seedlings too which are now experiencing their first winter. Hopefully they'll make it through.
I have read that Chimonanthus praecox luteus doesn't necessarily come true from seed and that you can never tell what you'll end up with. I hope that mine will be just as yellow and fragrant as the parent plant. It'll be a long wait until I find out. |
- Seed from HPS/MAG '10/'11 exchange. File-nicked, baggy 70F (55%G, 18d)
- Seed from NARGS '11/'12 exchange. File-nicked, baggy 70F (71%G, 14-37d)
- Seed for 'Luteus' from HPS '13/'14 exchange. File-nicked, baggy 70F (80%G, 11-21d)
- Seed for 'Luteus' from HPS '13/'14 exchange. File-nicked, baggy 70F (88%G, 15-20d)
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