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Chimonanthus praecox 'Wintersweet'

For winter colour, Chimonanthus praecox 'Wintersweet' is the perfect choice for your beds and borders. Coming into bloom from January, it produces clusters of incredibly beautiful, buttery-yellow flowers…
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For winter colour, Chimonanthus praecox 'Wintersweet' is the perfect choice for your beds and borders. Coming into bloom from January, it produces clusters of incredibly beautiful, buttery-yellow flowers that have contrasting burgundy centres. Not only are they stunning, but they have a sweet fragrance that are guaranteed to brighten up the dullest of winter days. Easy to grow, this winter hardy shrub will look perfect in a display of mixed shrubberies and borders, or larger pot on the patio. Delivered an established plant in a 17cm.
Top Tips
Established plants can be used as a climbing frame from clematis, which will draw attention away from its rather plain growth after flowering. Alternatively, plant alongside something like a summer flowering, scented shrub.
Care Information

Planting Advice for wintersweet Chimonanthus praecox:

  • Plant your wintersweet shrubs in a sheltered sunny location.
  • The shrubs thrive in any well-drained soil and will give the best floral display when trained against a south or west facing wall.
  • If you can, plant near your house so that you can enjoy its fabulous scent.
  • Shrub roots generally tend to spread out rather than down, so dig a planting hole 3 x wider than the roots of the shrub you're planting and mix some well-rotted compost or manure with the soil from the hole and use this to re-fill one the shrub is in place.
  • We've found that a square hole is better than a round one as the new roots, once they reach the edges tend to grow in a circle round the circumference of the hole whereas when they reach the corners of a square hole, they find it easier to grow through.
  • Before planting soak container-grown shrubs thoroughly and allow to drain.
  • Remove the plant from its pot and tease out a few of the roots.
  • Add Mycorrhizal fungi to the roots when planting to help plants establish quicker.
    Place your Wintersweet in the hole at the same level at the pot.
  • Refill the hole with the earth removed (backfilling) and firm in the soil with your heel, avoiding the root ball, then water well.
  • If you're planting into pots, place some old rocks, stones or gravel in the bottom of the pot for drainage and ballast.
  • Use the best compost you can buy and some sand or grit for drainage.

 

Aftercare Advice for Wintersweet:

  • Keep plants well-watered and mulch after planting with a collar, compost, gravel, bark etc.

 

Pruning Advice for Chimonanthus praecox Wintersweet:

  • Do not prune young plants as this may delay flowering.
  • On established plants, you can prune back longer shoots to 2 buds from the base after flowering
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Our experienced team at the nursery will always carefully package and send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive once you receive and plant them. Although most plants are extremely tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme of weather conditions, we always avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme frosts or heat is forecast. We also avoid dispatching orders over Bank Holiday weekends.

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Height 4-6cm

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Easy

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Yes

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Easy

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