General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 6 to 12 feet
Plant Spread: 6 to 12 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Other: oval, hairy capsule @ 1/4 inch in length.
Flowers: Showy
Blooms on old wood
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem

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

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Location: Howick Hall garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2014-07-15
Location: charlottetown, pei, canada
Date: 2010-07-01
Beauty Bush,hardy, easy to grow.
Location: Kamloops, BC, Canada
Date: 2013-05-30
Photo by culinandy
Location: Hidden Lake Gardens, Michigan
Date: 2021-05-29
Kolkwitzia amabilis - So many cool details in these blooms
Location: Twisp
Date: 2015-05-25
These bloom for so long!
Location: New York Botanical Gardens Bronx NY
Date: May 23, 2015
Partial shade.
Location: Meise botanical garden
Location: Hidden Lake Gardens, Tipton, Michigan
Date: 2021-05-29
Kolkwitzia amabilis - a huge old specimen, easily 10 feet high
Location: Germany
Date: 2021-06-01
Location: Meise botanical garden

Date: 5/21/2017
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2014-04-23
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-05-26
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-05-26
#Pollination
Location: New York, NY
Date: 2014-05
Bronx bot garden
Location: New York, NY
Date: 2014-05
Bronx bot garden
Location: Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid
Location: Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid
photo credit: Alberto Salguero
Location: New York Botanical Gardens Bronx NY
Date: May 23, 2015
Full sun.

Date: 5/21/2017

Date: 5/21/2017
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-05-26

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
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Location: Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid
photo credit: Cillas
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Comments:
  • Posted by dgyoung on Jan 25, 2014 8:41 AM concerning plant:
    I first saw a beauty bush in Watertown, NY and had to know what it was. The bush was almost a hundred years old and massive. I looked it up in a Botany Book, and went out and bought one that year. Mine is now about 10 years old and quite lovely when in bloom. It is only a space filler for the rest of the year. I appreciate its loveliness.

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