Chimonanthus praecox
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Chimonanthus praecox , Winter Sweet, Japanese all spice
Family: Calycanthaceae
Genus: Chimonanthus
Small highly fragrant waxy yellow coloured flowers with maroon centres appear in winter on bare stems . Shiny mid green lanceolate leaves. Flowers used to make fragrant teas.
Characteristics:
• Hardiness: H5 (-10 to -15C)
• Type: Deciduous Shrub
• Height: up to 4m
• Spread: up to 2.5m
Winter Sweet is available to buy as herb plants.
Details
• Aspect: Full sun
• Soil type: Sand, Chalk, Loam
• pH: Acid, Alkaline Neutral
• Habit: Bushy
• Flowering colour: Cream
• Flowering time: Winter
• Uses: Culinary (Read Jekka’s Guide To Culinary Herbs for more information)
• Attracts pollinators: Yes (Read Jekka’s Guide to Pollinators for more information)
• Container suitability: No
• UK native: No
• Caution: N/A
Growing
• Grown from seed: No
• Propagation: Cuttings
• Maintenance: (See Jekka’s Blogs on Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer and Autumn maintenance)
• Harvest: N/A
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