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Height: 8 feet
Spread: 6 feet
Sunlight:
Hardiness Zone: 5
Description:
Lovely, pendulous clusters of small, cupped pink and white flowers in spring; rather unassuming the rest of the year, use where it can be complemented by other plants when not in bloom
Ornamental Features
Pink-A-Boo Deutzia is covered in stunning clusters of lightly-scented pink cup-shaped flowers with white overtones at the ends of the branches from mid to late spring. It has green deciduous foliage which emerges chartreuse in spring. The serrated oval leaves turn an outstanding burgundy in the fall.
Landscape Attributes
Pink-A-Boo Deutzia is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a shapely form and gracefully arching branches. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.
This is a high maintenance shrub that will require regular care and upkeep, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. It has no significant negative characteristics.
Pink-A-Boo Deutzia is recommended for the following landscape applications;
- Mass Planting
- Hedges/Screening
- General Garden Use
Planting & Growing
Pink-A-Boo Deutzia will grow to be about 8 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 6 feet. It tends to be a little leggy, with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years.
This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It is very adaptable to both dry and moist locations, and should do just fine under average home landscape conditions. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.
* This is a "special order" plant - contact store for details
