Deutzia gracilis

Deutzia gracilis
slender deutzia

SIZE/TYPE	medium-sized shrub
USUAL HEIGHT	0.5-1.3m
USUAL WIDTH	0.5-1.5m
LEAVES	deciduous broadleaf
COLOUR OF LEAVES	green
FLOWERS	showy
COLOUR OF FLOWERS	white
BLOOMING TIME	May - June
LOCATION	full to partial sun
SOIL TYPE	neutral
SOIL MOISTURE REQUIREMENTS	evenly moist (dislikes drought)
USDA zone (lowest)	4 (down to -34°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Deciduous broadleaf

Slender deutzia is a dainty little shrub with plentiful of snow-white, star-shaped, fragrant flowers in late May and early June. They are formed in upright or slightly arching racemes. Abundance of flowers is comparable with fully flowering Japanese azalea bush.

Deciduous leaves are narrowly ovate to lanceolate, 3-4 cm long, mid green, notably serrated along margins, mid green in spring and summer, turning carmine red or sometimes fiery orange in autumn. The shrub is mound forming with erect branches when young, and as they reach about 60 cm they become slightly arching. When the shrub is in full bloom it looks like a white flowering fountain.

Pruning is not needed but if you wish to trim or rejuvenate older plants do so immediately after flowering because deutzias flower on previous year’s wood. They are quite soil adaptable and will grow in sun or part shade, too, but will look best in full sun and evenly moist soil. Fully hardy to about -34°C (USDA zone 4).

Last update 09-02-2012

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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.
HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
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.