General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 6-10 feet
Plant Spread: 6-10 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Broadleaf
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Blooms on old wood
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem

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Common names
  • Beautybush
  • Beauty Bush
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Kolkwitzia amabilis
  • Synonym: Linnaea amabilis

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Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2023-06-10
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2020-06-19
Blooms for a long time.  It is now mostly in the shade yet still
Location: Beautiful Tennessee 
Date: summer 2013
Location: Missouri Botanical Garden in St Louis
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2016-05-17
Location: Moms Yard

Date: 2012-05-14
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-05-14
In my garden
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-05-14
In my garden
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2020-06-17
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-06-05

Date: 2012-05-14
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-05-14
In my garden
Location: Moms Yard
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2014-05-10
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Plant Events from our members
Catmint20906 On June 21, 2015 Transplanted
Yorkshirelass On October 1, 2007 Miscellaneous Event
Transferred from previous garden, Planted initially in border with no6.
2008-transferred to long border.
2017- transferred to end of garden
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