I am not sure how to dry out already soaked soil, but I would remove it from your irrigation system. Carolyn. Thank you, Carolyn! I think soil-borne rot is a much bigger problem in frost-free or nearly frost-free areas, as I've discovered since moving here. However, over the last several months, in which we have had lower than usual rains, some of the leaves have begun to brown and wilt, starting on the leaf tips and spreading to the whole leaf. When Daphne odora tends to be affected by sudden dieback here, it is a much more rapid process, and affects the entire shrub at once, but this shrub so rarely requires pruning here, as it is much slower growing and more compact of habit to begin with. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. I too have had trouble growing Edgeworthia chrysantha’ Grandiflora’ after they get a decent size, say 5 feet by 7 feet across age approximately 6 years. I should probably just get rid of the plants, but keep thinking that next year it will be better. Carolyn, The edgeworthia in my front garden just keeps growing bigger. Struggled with cold hardiness? I have an edgeworthia, about 5′ tall now, that I bought from a nursery in the Atlanta area. Thanks for your comments, Carolyn. You can look at my Facebook page here or click the Like button on my right sidebar here. Edgeworthia in bloom. As I recall people just hacked away and their edgeworthias bounced right back. I have this planted as a companion plant to rhododendrons. Matthew Wilson reveals the secrets to growing this tricky treat. I recently purchased an E. papyrifera,” Akebono” for my partial to full sun, southern facing garden. Glad edgeworthias are getting a wider audience. For example, my favorite source for plant information, Missouri Botanic Garden lists the height and width as 4′ by 6′. I am quite taken by this plant and would hate to lose it – but information is so limited online I am at a loss as to what might be the cause. Along with Japanese Flowering Apricot the whole yard is fragrant. Edgeworthia chrysantha is one such, rewarding good soil cultivation and careful placement with beautifully fragrant blooms from winter to early spring. Sally, Thanks for letting us know. It’s grown quite large and buds heavily every fall, but so far almost all the buds have been killed by winter cold. We had 7 degrees only two weeks ago, followed by high 50’s and 60’s for two weeks, followed by several days in low 30’s for highs, and the usual night temperatures in the mid and low 20’s. dear carolyn is this girl a goner or do i have any hope at all? Gultide is supposed to be even hardier. Transplanting it did not seem to cause any shock or loss of blooms and the leaves came in the spring as expected. The plant had been given some winter prorection with agro tissue covering the plant in several layers in the coldest periods. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. How to Grow Edgeworthia Chrysantha. It gets standard rhododendron care and seems to be doing fine. I’ve been watching it’s seasonal changes for several years. Luckily, it responds well to their pruning (I have never pruned mine). They are not fussy about when you prune. Cori, The symptoms that you describe sound like what happens to edgeworthia buds in extraordinarily cold winters. It has been unusually hot this May so I started my automatic drip early and may have overwatered it. In this post, I will let you know what I have learned in the last four years, but keep in mind that my observations are hardly scientific.
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