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beauty bush

Kolkwitzia amabilis
Kolkwitzia amabilis

beauty bush

USUAL HEIGHT and WIDTH
1-3m x 1-3m
LEAVES
deciduous broadleaf
SIZE/TYPE
medium-sized shrub		 COLOUR OF LEAVES

green
BLOOMING TIME
May - June
LOCATION
full sun		 FLOWERS
showy
USDA zone (lowest)
4   (down to -34°C) 		COLOUR OF FLOWERS
+
různobarevné:
white a pink
WINTER PROTECTION
for zone 5+6
Code of winter protection zone 5+6
for zone 7
Code of winter protection zone 7
 Belongs to categories
Deciduous broadleaf
SIZE and PRICES
form container size size quality price (incl. VAT) where in stock sending options quantity
THE PRICES INCLUDE VAT of 9%. For quick conversion you can use 1 CZK = approx. 0.04 EUR

 



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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.
 DESCRIPTION

Beauty bush is most beautiful when in full bloom. The flowers are bell-shaped, white to pink-tinged, yellow-flushed in the throat, and appear in May and June in profusion. They look like flowers of abelias. They are very fragrant.

Deciduous leaves are mid green, broadly ovate. Another interesting feature is its peeling bark which is best viewed in winter when the shrub is without leaves. It grows into a spreading, large shrub. When fully established, new growths are long and slightly drooping.

For profuse flowering and denser plant we recommend cutting off stems that are older than 2 years to 2-3 strong buds immediately after flowering (June/July). It is soil tolerant, but will thrive in fertile, well-drained but moist soil, in full sun. Fully hardy to min. -34°C (USDA zone 4).

Last update 19-02-2009.