Botanical Name: Kolkwitzia amabilis
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Common Name: Beautybush  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Shrub

 

Height Range

6-12'

 

Flower Color

Pink, White, Multi-Colored

 

Flower Season

Spring, Summer

 

Leaf Color

Dark Green

 

Bark Color

Brown

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
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  • Description

  • Notes

Beautybush is an old-fashioned deciduous garden shrub with a graceful upright, arching habit. Displays profuse clusters of small, bell-shaped pink flowers with yellow throats in early summer. Foliage is a dull, dark green; slightly reddish in the fall. 6 to 10 feet tall and about as wide.