5/24/2023 0 Comments Wintersweet by E. Davies![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() However, these seeds only fully ripen in years of warm weather. They contain coffee bean-shaped seeds that are up to 1.5 cm long. In spring and after flowering, fruit capsules appear. The long flowering period can extend right into March. The flowers usually appear around December, are about 2.5 cm in size, yellow and have a pleasant fragrance. This makes it an important bee-friendly shrub. When chimonanthus praecox flowers in winter, the shrub is pollinated by insects that are happy to receive any food in winter months. The species name “praecox” refers to its very early flowering. This is derived from the ancient Greek − “chimon” meaning winter and “anthos” meaning flower. The special nature of this plant is reflected both in its English name and its botanical name. The foliage is green in summer, turns yellow in autumn and is shed shortly before flowering begins. ![]() It grows multi-stemmed, bushy and fan-shaped, so it can take up a lot of space. It reaches heights of 250 to 300 cm and can tolerate temperatures as low as -17 ☌. Here, wintersweet is a perennial shrub that is mostly hardy. That said, it has been cultivated in Europe for several hundred years. Wintersweet: origin and characteristicsĪlthough it also goes by the name Japanese allspice, wintersweet actually originates from China, where it grows at an altitude of up to 3000 metres. ![]()
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