General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Plant Height: 8 feet or more
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Edible Parts: Seeds or Nuts
Resistances: Powdery Mildew
Birds
Deer Resistant
Gophers/Voles
Rabbit Resistant
Squirrels
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Self
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Shiny-Leaf Yellowhorn
  • Yellowhorn
  • Goldenhorn
  • Chinese Flowering Chestnut
  • Wenguanguo
  • Gireumbamnamu
Also sold as:
  • Xanthoceras sorbifolia

Photo Gallery
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2015-05-11
Up close look at flowers.
Location: At the Missouri Botanical Garden in Saint Louis, MO
Date: April 18,2004
Xanthoceras sorbifolium BLOOM DETAIL [Yellowhorn] and save your p
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2019-05-03
Location: At the Missouri Botanical Garden in Saint Louis, MO
Date: April 18, 2004
Xanthoceras sorbifolium - Yellowhorn in bloom
Location: Arnold Arboretum
Date: April
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2024-04-24
Shiny-Leaf Yellowhorn (Xanthoceras sorbifolium) flower buds forme

Date: 2020-07-02
Location: At the Missouri Botanical Garden in Saint Louis, MO
Date: April 18, 2004
Xanthoceras sorbifolium [Yellowhorn] bloom close-up
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2016-04-26

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: Crescent City, California
Date: 2016-11-28
Seeds were soaked 24 hours, 'nicked' and sown...took about 3 week
Location: Crescent City, California
Date: 2016-11-28
Seeds were soaked 24 hours, 'nicked' and sown..took about 3 weeks
Location: Arnold Arboretum
Comments:
  • Posted by janelp_lee (Toronto, Ontario - Zone 6a) on Mar 26, 2020 1:38 PM concerning plant:
    Very beautiful and cold-hardy flowering shrub/small tree with flowers that change color before they wilt. Plant growth is rather slow, so be patient when you grow it from seeds.

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