Winter Sweet (Chimonanthus praecox)

Family: Calycanthaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Bloom Color: Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Late winter, Mid spring, Mid winter. Form: Rounded.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavour and scent tea. — Flowers - thoroughly boiled and then washed.; Eaten with oil and salt.; The flower petals are used to flavour and scent tea.

Habitat & North American Range

Cliffs in glens and gorges of Ichang province, 30 - 3000 metres. Mountain forests at elevations of 500 - 1,100 metres. Also found in Sichuan, Hubei and Chekiang. (Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)