Description | Dream Catcher Beauty Bush (Kolkwitzia amabilis) is a larger shrub with ever changing leaf color. Has pink flowers with a yellow throat. |
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Pronunciation | Native to China |
Plant Type | Shrubs Deciduous |
Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, some shade |
Flowers | bell shaped, pink with yellow throat |
Fruit | capsules |
Leaves | emerges in spring with copper tones, turn yellow, mature to a green tinged chartreuse |
Stems | exfoliating bark |
Dimensions | 6-9 by 6-9 feet (HS) |
Maintenance | become dense and twiggy, can be cut back hard, prune after flowering |
Propagation | cuttings |
Native Site | China |
Misc Facts | Kolkwitzia was named after Richard Kolkwitz a German professor of botany. The species name amabilis means lovely. |