Double Japanese Kerria - Shipped
Double Japanese Kerria is a tough but graceful deciduous shrub with an upright mounding habit of arching branches and shiny, heavily veined fresh green foliage. Heavy blooms of rounded pom-pom like double yellow flowers coat the branches of old growth from mid to late spring. Best color in part sun and loamy well-drained soil. Flowers will pale with too much sun. Tolerates heavy shade, wet soil, and deer.
Syn with K. japonica ‘Flore Pleno’.
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Type: |
Shrub |
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Height: |
5' - 10' |
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Spread: |
6’ - 10' |
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Spacing: |
8' |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
4 - 9 |
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Culture: |
Part Sun, Full Shade |
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Bloom Color: |
Yellow |
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Season of Interest: |
Spring, Year-Round |
MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Medium Maintenance. Water Regularly. No serious pests or diseases. Watch for leaf spots, cankers, blights and root rot. Prune as needed after flowering. Promptly remove any unwanted suckers.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Wildlife Gardens, Woodland Gardens, Hedges, Foundation Plantings, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Hair Sedge, Siberian Bugloss, Clematis
IMAGES: Famartin, 2019-04-25 12 28 54 Japanese marigold bush flowering along Old Dairy Road in the Franklin Farm section of Oak Hill, Fairfax County, Virginia, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) ignis, Kerria japonica 001 JPN, CC BY-SA 3.0, (3) おぉたむすねィく探検隊 , Kerria japonica in Tenryuji Garden, CC BY-SA 3.0, (4) Père Igor, Kerria japonica pleniflora (7), CC BY-SA 3.0, (5) Jebulon, Kerriaj3, CC BY-SA 3.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.