A great spring-blooming plant is slender deutzia (Deutzia gracilis). Although the shrub is just a leafy plant for most of the year, it is a wonderful sight when it blooms in late spring and early ... WHAT: Deutzia gracilis, an upright deciduous shrub native to Japan, is easy to grow in the Puget Sound region.

Understanding the Context

It produces lance-shaped leaves and small, star-shaped pure-white flowers that envelope ... SPECIES: Deutzia (doot’zi-a; named for Johan van der Deutz) gracilis (gras’i-lis; meaning graceful, slender). Member of Saxifragaceae (sak suh fruh gay’see ee) family of about 1,200 species of ... Deutzia gracilis 'Nikko' is a delightful, miniversion of the larger spring-blooming Deutzia gracilis, which grows to about 5 feet high and wide.

Key Insights

'Nikko' is actually a deciduous ground cover; it grows ... The Nikko dwarf deutzia (Deutzia gracilis ‘Nikko’) is a woody shrub that has a mounding ground-cover growth habit, with branches tumbling across the ground. Nikko dwarf deutzia has small, linear ... As a horticulturist I am always eager to answer questions about plants. Due to my love of plants and the fact that most people usually don t want me to talk, I am grateful for these opportunities.

Final Thoughts

Every month at our garden club meeting we ask members to bring in specimens of flowers, plants, trees or shrubs for an "In-Club Competition." It's our own monthly "show" and a learning experience for ... Seattle Times: Deutzia is a vision in white; pole beans really deliver