
Japanese Kerria
- Botanical Name
- Kerria japonica
- Min Zone
- 4
- Max Zone
- 9
- Height
- 3 to 6 feet
- Width
- 6 to 9 feet
- Flowers
- Spring: bright yellow
- Light
- Part to full shade
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Transplant balled and burlapped or from container
- Best grown in part shade to shade as flowers fade rapidly in full sun
- Site in non-exposed location with good drainage, especially important for winter hardiness
- Excess fertilization results in abundant, leggy growth with little flowering
- Problems
- None serious, occasional blights, canker, leaf spot and root rot
- Varieties
- Pleniflora - double, golden-yellow flowers
- Shannon - larger blooms than species, 6 feet tall
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