#1854 most planted
Kolkwitzia amabilis
Beauty bush · also Beauty-bush, Beautybush, Cold-whiskey-plant
OrnamentalDeciduous
16
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
3
cities
15 yr
median age (94% have a planting date)
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Kolkwitzia amabilis, commonly known as beauty bush, is a deciduous shrub native to central and eastern China. It grows 2-3 meters tall with densely branched, arching stems, producing white or light pink flowers in late spring to early summer. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 130.01%15 yr—
- 20.00%——
- 10.00%——
Traits
- Form
- Ornamental
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 6.6–9.8 ft
- Blooms
- May, Jun
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Central China Loess Plateau mixed forests