About
This deciduous shrub has a wide-spreading habit and produces clusters of drooping, pale yellow blooms featuring distinct red anthers in early spring. Following the flowering period, it develops rounded, heart-shaped leaves that are grey-green, turning a golden-yellow hue in the fall.
About the genus
Corylopsis consists of deciduous shrubs or small trees characterized by simple, serrated leaves. In early spring, they produce nodding racemes filled with small, typically fragrant, bell-shaped flowers that are pale yellow in color.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Partial shade
- Soil type
- Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- East-facing, West-facing, North-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H5
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs
- Habit
- Spreading branched
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Spread
- 2.5-4 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in partial shade on any moist but well-drained, preferably acidic soil, that is rich in organic matter.
- Pruning
- Pruning group 1; or prune immediately after flowering if required.
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed sown in containers in an open cold frame in autumn. Insert softwood cuttings in summer. Propagate by layering in autumn.
- Pest resistance
- Generally pest-free
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to honey fungus in gardens where it is present but insufficient data to determine degree of susceptibility