Species
Kolkwitzia amabilis
Etymology
amabilis: beautiful, worthy of love, pleasing (c.f. scienta amabilis, the pleasing science, i.e. botany)
Common Name(s)
beauty bush
Authority
Kolkwitzia amabilis Graebn.
Family
Caprifoliaceae
Flora Category
Vascular - Exotic
Structural Class
Dicotyledonous Trees & Shrubs
Features
Large deciduous, arching shrub with hanging branches. Opposite, simple, ovate leaves are either entire or with a few spare shallow teeth. Dull green above, paler below. Pink bell-shaped flowers in showy numerous clusters. Fruit a hairy, bristly capsule. Bark light brown, splitting vertically, eventually peeling and exfoliating.
Flower Colours
Red / Pink
Year Naturalised
1982
Origin
C. China
This page last updated on 5 Mar 2010