Korean deutzia is a small deciduous shrub of rocky mountain sites in Korea and central Japan that bears a few white flowers in spring. In the United States it is known only from cultivation, for example at the Dawes Arboretum in Ohio.
Appearance
- Growth form
- In the wild it stays around 3 ft (1 m) tall; in cultivation it can reach 4–6 ft (1.2–1.8 m) tall and wide.
- Leaves
- Elliptic to lance-shaped leaves about 2–3 in (5–8 cm) long with sharply toothed edges; first-year twigs feel warty.
- Flowers
- Small clusters of white flowers open along the twigs.
- Flowering time
- May–June in Ohio.
- Fruit
- A small, inconspicuous gray-brown .
Where it lives
- Typical habitats
- Rocky mountain slopes
- Arboretums (US)
- Range
- Native to Korea and a few mountain areas of central Japan. In the US it is known only in cultivation.
- Flowering
Flowers May–Jun
Flowers May–Jun
Growing it
- Care
- Hardy to USDA zone 5.
Name and classification
- About the name
- Korean plants were once thought to be a Korea-only species called Deutzia coreana. Many botanists now treat them as the same species as Japan's Deutzia uniflora, though some Japanese botanists still keep the two apart.
Conservation
- IUCN Red List
- NENot EvaluatedNot yet assessed
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