deutzia "TOURBILLON ROUGE"
Deutzia magnifica
"TOURBILLON ROUGE"
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GLOSSARY
- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
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DESCRIPTION
Deutzias come from eastern Asia. They are low-maintenance shrubs ideal for every garden size and very gardener as they are so easy to grow.
They bloom in June with cup- to star-shaped, fragrant flowers. Tourbillon Rouge has deep pink flowers that grade to pale pink, almost white at the margins. Oblong-lanceolate leaves are deciduous, mid green, slightly drooping, turning yellow and pink in the autumn. Another interesting feature is the reddish-orange bark with white stripes on new branches and peeling bark on older branches which is best viewed in winter when the leaves have fallen down.
The shrub has a beautiful, regular, vase shape. To encourage the best shape and profuse flowering we suggest removing all branches that had flowers immediately after flowering as it blooms on last year’s wood. Mature shrubs can grow to the same height you reduced it by within the same season. It forms a compact shrub and is suitable for small gardens, too.
Deutzias are quite soil adaptable. Our specimen was planted in full sun, heavy soil and received no fertilizing whatsoever, and is just stunning with abundant flowering every year. It likes full sun and moist soil but will also grow in semi-shade. Fully hardy to about -30°C (USDA zone 5).
Last update 23-12-2007
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