Description

Large-flowered Wintersweet is a treasured deciduous shrub that brings precious color and exquisite fragrance to the dormant winter garden. In the depths of winter, typically around December and January in the Bay Area, its bare, graceful branches become studded with a profusion of large, waxy, bell-shaped flowers. These blooms are a soft, translucent yellow with a striking maroon-purple center, emitting an intensely sweet, honeyed fragrance that can perfume an entire courtyard. After its spectacular floral show, it unfurls broad, rough-textured green leaves that turn a lovely yellow in fall before dropping to reveal next season’s flower buds.

• Exquisite Winter Blooms & Fragrance: Produces an abundance of large, waxy, yellow flowers with maroon centers on bare branches in mid-winter, filling the air with a powerful, sweet perfume.

• Extended Winter Interest: Provides a crucial month-long display of color and scent during the quietest garden season, from late December through January.

• Graceful, Architectural Form: Develops into a large, upright, multi-stemmed shrub with a spreading habit, offering elegant structure in the landscape year-round.

• Easy-Care & Adaptable: Thrives in full sun to part shade and is tolerant of a wide range of well-drained soils. Once established, it is drought-tolerant and requires minimal pruning.

• Perfect for Sensory Planting: An ideal specimen for planting near entryways, patios, or beneath windows where its winter fragrance can be enjoyed indoors and out.