21+ Japanese Kerria Leaf

Japanese kerria mature height spread.

Japanese kerria leaf. Depending on the cultivar the height ranges from 3 to 8 feet tall and the spread is up to 6. Japanese kerria is meant for the shade garden flowers fade in full sun. It is named after william kerr who introduced the cultivar pleniflora. Kerria japonica pleniflora is a double flowered cultivar of a suckering shrub from china and japan a member of the rosacea family pleniflora is a very vigorous grower and bears large fluffy yellow flowers in spring. Japanese rose s bark and branches are also of interest. The bright green leaves turn yellow in fall and the stems provide color in the depths of winter after the deciduous foliage is long gone. Plants are especially attractive when abundant bright yellow flowers open in the spring.

The foliage is bright green doubly. This plant has upright arching slender stems that form a broad dense twiggy mass. Japanese kerria is considered a small ornamental shrub. Prune japanese kerria soon after. Kerria japonica also known as the japanese marigold bush or miracle marigold bush in the northern new england area and as yamabuki 山吹 in japan is a deciduous shrub in the rose family rosaceae native to china japan and korea. Japanese kerria is a leggy open broad rounded deciduous shrub that grows up to 7. The bright green arched stems add winter interest in a naturalized garden and makes an excellent choice for perennial shade borders.

In recent years a stem blight disease has made this plant difficult to find. Hardy in usda plant hardiness zones 4b to 9b kerria tolerates winter temperatures to minus 25. Kerria japonica commonly called japanese kerria or japanese rose is a tough but graceful spring flowering deciduous shrub that is native to certain mountainous areas of china and japan it typically grows to 3 6 tall and to 6 8 wide on slender arching yellowish green stems that remain an attractive green in winter. Its nearly leafless stems are decorated with roselike flowers in midspring. Japanese kerria a pleasing combination of tough and graceful qualities makes japanese kerria a welcome plant in a mixed border or informal hedge. This plant requires loamy well drained soil of medium fertilization. Kerria japanese rose kerria japonica is a versatile shrub with arching greenish yellow stems and masses of golden yellow chrysanthemum like flowers that put on a show in spring.