Kokwitzia amabilis (beauty bush)

Kokwitzia amabilis (beauty bush)


Pronunciation: koll-KWITZ-ee-uh uh-MAB-ih-liss
Family: caprifoliaceae
Plant type: deciduous shrub
Origin: china
Zone: 5 
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Mature size

  Height: 2-3 m
  Spread: 3-4 m 
Habit: arching, fountain
Form: vase
Texture: medium 
Exposure - full to part sun
Preferred soil - humus rich well drained
Landscape uses - group planting, shrub border, specimen 
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Leaves
Arrangement: simple opposite 
Shape: ovate
Size: 5-7 cm long x 2-4 cm wide
Margin: serrate, sinuate
Characteristics: pinnate venation, soft flexible, pubescent, tomentose
Colour: green, red fall color 
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: panicle like corymb
Colour: showy pink 
Size: 2.5 cm
Time: May, June
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Fruit type: Capsule
Colour: Brown
Time: September, october 
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Stem
Description: exfoliating, multi stem trunk 
Colour: grey brown
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Propagation - seed, greenwood cuttings
Comments - will tolerate dense soil and clay rich
- flowers bloom on old wood, its important to prune back after its bloom to maximize next years bloom
Pests - pest resistant, disease resistant 

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