Corylopsis glabrescens Longwood Chimes' – This selection of Fragrant Winterhazel flaunts an extravagant display of 1.5” to 2.25" primrose yellow racemes dangling among the branches in early spring when daffodils are peak. (They happen to be memorable in combination.) The flowers on this selection are longer and, therefore, showier as compared to the straight species. The fragrance of the flowers is also superior. The 2” to 4” leaves are rounded and come to a point with attractive creases throughout. Leaves occur at the points in the stems where a zig ends and a zag begins – all in all a very smart and handsome arrangement. Foliage in autumn picks up bright yellow tones as well. 'Longwood Chimes' was selected at the famous Longwood Gardens after careful comparative study. It is worthy and beautiful for those who have the room to include it in a landscape. It would be excellent as a stand alone, a component in a shrub border, as an element in a part shade woodland garden. But plant it with daffodils... hellebores work, too! Part, dappled to open shade in fertile ground. At the northern end of the range some protection from the north may be beneficial in an especially cold winter... then again the climate is changing. Plant more green and help save the planet from the greedy and corrupt. Established potted shrub from cutting.

C. glabrescens and C. gotoana may actually be one in the same. Though we are offering them as distinct species the differences between the two are quite minor and taxonomists may decide not worthy of separate classification. We leave it to the taxonomists and scientists to figure it out.