Mid-Atlantic Gardening: FIRST FLOWERS OF LATE SUMMER 2015, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Jeff---
I have a \"million\" seeds of the Wintersweet--\"Chimonanthus praecox\".
How patient are you?
What\'s 7 years of watching a plant germinate, grow, grow some more,
and, eventually bloom????? Sally\'s grew from a seedling I gave her.

There is NOTHING \"beautiful\" about the WS shrub--as a shrub.
Coarse leaves-woody stems, vase-shaped shrub. Bahh-Humbug....
and It is deciduous
And then, in late January--early February--it blooms!
You come home from work--and the fragrance envelops you as soon as
you get out of your car. It is intoxicating! Much like the Dr. Seuss Brug.

You should try to grow it....you have time....Gita