Type: Deciduous shrub Family: Hydrangeaceae Zone: 5 to 8 Height: 1.00 to 2.00 feet Spread: 2.00 to 5.00 feet Bloom Time: April to May Bloom Description: White Sun: Full sun to part shade Water: Medium Maintenance: Low Flower: Showy Leaf: Good Fall Tolerate: Clay Soil Garden locations Culture Deutzia gracilis 'Nikko' Pronunciation: DUT-si-a GRASS-ih-liss SKU #03157 5-8 Your climate might be too cold for this plant: Change Location Find In Store OVERVIEW DETAILS STYLE CARE Care Very adaptable to most soils; thrives in humusy, moist, well-drained, loamy soil. Best flowering in full sun.
Deutzia gracilis Nikko White Deutzia Garden Plants
Plant Types Shrubs Deutzia gracilis 'Nikko' (Slender Deutzia) Deutzia gracilis 'Nikko' (Slender Deutzia) Deutzia 'Nikko', Slender Deutzia 'Nikko' Ideal for small gardens, Deutzia gracilis 'Nikko' is considered one of the best Deutzia cultivars thanks to its great horticultural merits. It is a member of the Hydrangeaceae or hydrangea family. It is native to Central and Southern Japan and has been introduced to China North-Central, China Southeast, and in the States of Alabama, Georgia, and Maryland. The genus name, Deutzia, honors a Dutch amateur botanist from the 1700s , Johan van der Deutz. Deutzia gracilis 'Nikko' is an outstanding, low-growing, flowering shrub introduced by the U.S. National Arboretum. Well-suited for small spaces or for use as a groundcover, its fine-textured, compact growth habit and profuse, brilliant white blossoms distinguish 'Nikko' as an elite plant for any garden. Old Fruit Winter Habit 6 Deutzia gracilis 'Nikko' found Powered by Esri Building Map. View Individual Plant List Other Plants Like This Deutzia (Deutzia) [Dwarf Slender Deutzia] [Variegated Bigleaf Hydrangea] Hydrangea macrophylla [Bigleaf Hydrangea] Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight' [sold as Limelight®] [Limelight Panicle Hydrangea]
Deutzia gracilis ‘Nikko’ (Slender Deutzia) Sublime Gardens
Family: Hydrangeaceae Native Range: Japan Zone: 5 to 8 Height: 2.00 to 5.00 feet Spread: 2.00 to 5.00 feet Bloom Time: April to May Bloom Description: White Sun: Full sun to part shade Water: Medium Maintenance: Low Suggested Use: Hedge Flower: Showy, Fragrant Tolerate: Clay Soil Garden locations Culture Deutzia gracilis 'Nikko' is a low-growing, compact cultivar, bearing racemes of small, gently fragrant white flowers from late spring to early summer. The fresh green leaves turn red-purple before falling in autumn. Grow Deutzia gracilis 'Nikko' in fertile, neutral to alkaline soil in full sun to partial shade. Deutzia gracilis 'Nikko' deutzia 'Nikko' 'Nikko' is a compact and low-growing shrub 60cm tall, with narrowly lance-shaped leaves often turning deep purple in autumn, and racemes of small white flowers in spring and early summer Synonyms Deutzia crenata var. nakaiana 'Nikko' Deutzia 'Nikko' see more Deutzia nikko Join the RHS today and save 25% Care Knowledge Cultivars Photo Gallery (5) Deutzia gracilis 'Nikko' (Nikko Slender Deutzia), inflorescence; © The Morton Arboretum Deutzia gracilis 'Nikko' (Nikko Slender Deutzia), habit, spring; © The Morton Arboretum Deutzia gracilis 'Nikko' (Nikko Slender Deutzia), leaf, summer; © The Morton Arboretum
Photo of the bloom of Slender Deutzia (Deutzia gracilis 'Nikko') posted by Donnerville
The full botanical name used in plant taxonomy for Dwarf Deutzia is Deutzia gracilis 'Nikko.' The genus name, Deutzia is pronounced DOOT-ze-a. There is no widely used common name for plants in this genus, so people just use the genus name instead of a true common name. 'Nikko' is the cultivar name . Deutzia is a deciduous multi-stemmed shrub with a dense mounding or spreading habit and slender arching branches. Green, yellow or variegated leaves are oblong or lance-shaped with serrated edges, growing up to 3 inches long. The foliage creates fine texture and a pleasing backdrop to other plants.
Slender deutzia, a member of the hydrangea family, is the best of the many kinds of deutzias that can be grown. The deciduous species has gracefully arching, three-foot-tall stems with sprays of white flowers in mid spring. "Nikko" has a compact sprawling form that can reach 6 feet across in 10 years with a height of about 18 inches in the center of the clump. Nikko Deutzia (Deutzia gracilis 'Nikko'): Nikko slender deutzia is a dwarf cultivar with a spreading habit. It produces abundant small white flowers in spring. Unlike many deutzia, Nikko offers burgundy fall foliage color.
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Description Nikko Deutzia is sold in the ornamental trade for its arching branches which seem to bebsmothered in pure white, fragrant flowers in the spring. Morphology: This is a deciduous shrub that grows to 2' in height and 5' in width. It bears leaves which are arranged in an opposite fashion. USNA taxonomist Frederick G. Meyer and Roy Davidson, Bellevue, WA later determined this plant to be a variant of D. gracilis, the slender deutzia. The cultivar name 'Nikko' appears to have been coined by British nurseryman C.G. Hollett of Greenbank Nursery, Cumbria, England in 1976-77. Introduced in the late 1980's.
