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buttercup winterhazel

Corylopsis pauciflora
Corylopsis pauciflora

buttercup winterhazel

USUAL HEIGHT and WIDTH
1-1.5m
LEAVES
deciduous broadleaf
SIZE/TYPE
medium-sized shrub		 COLOUR OF LEAVES

light green
BLOOMING TIME
March - April
LOCATION
semi-shade / partial sun		 FLOWERS
showy
USDA zone (lowest)
6   (down to -23°C) 		COLOUR OF FLOWERS

yellow
WINTER PROTECTION
for zone 5+6
Code of winter protection zone 5+6
for zone 7
Code of winter protection zone 7
 Belongs to categories
Deciduous broadleaf
Winter blooms
SIZE and PRICES
form container size size quality price (incl. VAT) where in stock sending options quantity
STANDARD
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NOT IN STOCK? WHY NOT TO TRY A SIMILAR ONE:
Corylopsis spicataCorylopsis spicata
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GLOSSARY

  • STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
  • DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
  • EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
  • STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
  • SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
  • HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
  • FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
  • GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
 DESCRIPTION

Buttercup winterhazel is a rare shrub from Japan and Taiwan. It is especially popular among hobbyists and garden enthusiasts.

Its small, primrose yellow flowers are born in pendent racemes from early March until end April, weather conditions pending. They are fragrant and do not mind light frosts or snow. Pauciflora means paucity of flowers which is a little topsy-turvy because the shrub is literally flooded with flowers on bare branches every year. It was perhaps used to distinguish this species from corylopsis spicata which has more flowers on one raceme.

Deciduous leaves are ovate, upto 7cm long, bronze when young, bright to dark green in summer and rich golden-yellow in autumn. The only resemblance to hazels is the shape of leaves. Otherwise it has nothing to do with nut-hazels as it belongs to another family (hamamelidaceae – witch hazels). They need no pruning. If some trimming required, do so immediately after flowering.

It grows slowly, about 1.5m high and 2m wide. The best soil type is acidic, moist and moderately fertile. Plant it in filtered sun or partial shade. Avoid windy locations and frost pockets. Hardy to about -24°C (USDA zone 6) but needs a sheltered location.

Last update 22-12-2007