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Corylopsis sinensis
Chinese winter hazel is a deciduous shrub, up to about 4 m tall and wide, grown for its fragrant, drooping spring racemes of pale yellow flowers with orange anthers. It does best in a sheltered spot with moist, well-drained, acidic soil and some light shade.
Corylopsis sinensis, the Chinese winter hazel (simplified Chinese: 蜡瓣花; traditional Chinese: 蠟瓣花; pinyin: là bàn huā), is a species of flowering plant in the witch-hazel family Hamamelidaceae that is native to western China. Growing to 4 m (13 ft) tall and broad, it is a substantial deciduous shrub. With ovate leaves, it produces delicately fragrant, drooping racemes of pale yellow flowers with orange anthers in spring.
The Latin specific epithet sinensis means "Chinese" or "of China". The Latin meaning of Corylopsis refers to its resemblance of the genus Corylus (hazel).
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Corylopsis sinensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
