Slender Deutzia

Deutzia gracilis

Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage Family)

▲ hedge-row in summer

▲▼ flowering shrubs in spring

▲▼ flowering shrubs in spring

▲▼ flowers

▲ leaves

Location on campus: in garden area north of southeast entrance to Karls Hall

Location near campus: in Shrub Garden at Close Park, just east of entrance drive and parking

Deutzia gracilis: Slender Deutzia

• * leaves opposite, simple, deciduous, lanceolate, medium to light green with serrate margins; 2-3” long, ½ as wide
• * stems slender, curving tan to gray; older bark peeling, gray
• * grows 2-3’ tall and 3-4’ wide
• * has panicles of fragrant, white flowers in mid-spring at tips of branches
• * prefers full sun to light shade, tolerant of most soils
• * thin older branches as needed to keep flowering
• * medium growth rate