| Description | Gold-leaved Winterhazel (Corylopsis spicata aureus) A smallish multistemmed gold leaf shrub good for the dappled shade. Likes average to moist sites. |
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| Plant Type | Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | (5)6-8 |
| Sunlight | avoid full, dappled shade, some morning sun |
| Moisture | average to moist, never dry |
| Soil & Site | moist |
| Flowers | late winter, rosy-pink |
| Leaves | bright yellow in spring, golden hue green in summer |
| Stems | multi-stemmed |
| Dimensions | with time 6-8 by 10 plus feet (HS) multi-stemmed and broader than tall, irregular branches tending toward the horizontal. |
| Maintenance | best to let it be its irregular self, some pruning |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Native Site | Japan |
| Misc Facts | Genus name comes from the Greek words korylos meaning hazel and opsis meaning like for leaf resemblance to Corylus. Genus means spiked. AKA: Ogon, Golden Spring |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org), #261-Louis the plant Geek (www.louistheplantgeek.com) |
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