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Kolkwitzia amabilis

Also Known As

Linnaea amabilis
Beauty Bush

Plant type

shrub

size

H: 8'-10'
W: 8'-10'

planting zones

5a-9b

Kolkwitzia amabilis plant details

Kolkwitzia amabilis is a broadleaf deciduous shrub with green foliage. In spring pink flowers emerge. Grows well with sun and regular water. Does well in average and well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Kolkwitzia amabilis

Plant type: shrub
Plant family: caprifoliaceae
Foliage: deciduous green
Mature size: 8 FT - 10 FT - wide, 8 FT - 10 FT - tall
Flowers: pink blooms in spring
Uses: bonsai, cutting garden, hedge

GROWING CONDITIONS for Kolkwitzia amabilis

USDA Zones: 5a - 9b
Sun exposure: sun
Watering frequency: regular
Resistant to: deer
Soil needs: average and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

In spring the drooping branches of this graceful, adaptable, tall shrub are ?draped with masses of bell-shaped soft-pink flowers? (E. H. Wilson). S/M

By: Forestfarm

Beauty Bush is a beautiful flowering shrub that produces an arching habit similar to a water fountain shape. It is useful especially because it blooms later than most other similarly sized shrubs but before most perennial or annual plants, so can fill in the flowering season gap in mid to late spring.

Beauty Bush is closely related to and resembles Pride of Rochester, or Deutzia scabra but with much smaller leaves and a more compact habit. Place these in open locations where their mounding habit can be really appreciated.