Description

A native garden shrub valued primarily for its late winter bloom of highly fragrant soft yellow flowers along the bare branches when virtually nothing else is blooming in the landscape; needs an occasional rejuvenation pruning to keep it looking neat

Landscape Attributes

Fragrant Wintersweet is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a shapely form and gracefully arching branches. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other landscape plants with finer foliage.

Fragrant Wintersweet is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Fragrant Wintersweet will grow to be about 8 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 6 feet. It tends to be a little leggy, with a typical clearance of 2 feet from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 50 years or more.

This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This species is native to parts of North America.