I think I only saw a few Fuzzy Deutzias once, being sold in pots, in a large nursery in the Chicago area where I was working. I believe it was a double-flowered cultivar, probably 'Flore-pleno.' I've seen some 'Pride of Rochester' offered in mail order nursery catalogs. Otherwise, I have only seen either the Slender Deutzia or the Lemoine Deutzia occasionally. This Fuzzy Deutzia is also an east Asian plant from China and Japan. I came upon several shrubs in bloom that must have escaped cultivation near a stream in southeast Pennsylvania. I just recently found out from a post on Facebook from the Pennsylvania Native Plant Society that this species can escape cultivation in eastern North America. The leaves are rough to the touch, like sandpaper. The pretty white flowers only had a hint of sweet smell, but many small bees really liked the blooms. This is a fast- growing twiggy shrub. Like Forsythia, Deutzias only can look good if they are pruned a lot with hand pruners mostly, and right after they flower. Otherwise, they become a twiggy mess that blooms less and less. Selectively remove large stems to the ground and cut back other stems to about 1 to 2 feet above the ground. In June of 2023 I ran across a nice big Fuzzy Deutzia with single pink flowers at the Reading Museum and botanical garden in Reading, PA. Dr. Michael Dirr mentions it in his textbook, but I can't find any references to it online.

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