Genus: Kolkwitzia
Species: amabilis 'Pink cloud'
Common Name: Pink Cloud Beautybush
Family: Caprifoliaceae + Dipsacaceae + Valerianaceae
+ Linnaeaceae
Order: Dipsacales
Native: Central China
Habit: Shrub
Height: 5 to 15 feet
Width: 5 to 10 feet
Flowering Season: Spring
Flower Color: Pink with yellow throat
Propagation: Seed and stem cutting
Zone: 4-8
Note: This plant is suitable for foundations, shrub borders,
as a specimen, or in hedges. Hard pruning of the stems is recommended in
late Winter, or after flowering in the Spring, if this plant becomes overgrown.
Pink Cloud Beautybush has a yellow fall foliage color, and when its stem
become older the bark exfoliates. The genus name Kolkwitzia was given to
this plant in honor of 20th century German botanist Robert Kolkwitz. Prefers
sunny, moderately dry, well-drained, ordinary garden soil.
