CULTIVAR NAME |
SPECIES AFFINITY |
INFLORESCENCE AND FLOWERS (white unless otherwise specified) |
HABIT /LEAF /ORIGIN / AWARDS / MISC. |
Albomarginata | gracilis | single (identical to species) | White margined leaf. |
Alpine Magicien | purpurascens | single, light pink, small diameter but very floriferous | Glasnevin Bot. Gard. |
Arcuata | x elegantissima | pink buds open white | |
Avalanche | x lemoinei (possibly x maliflora) | single, very floriferous, small clusters | Dark green leaf. Elegant arching habit. |
Aurea | gracilis | single (identical to species) | Yellow foliage |
Aureovariegata | crenata | single (identical to species) | Foliage mottled medium yellow. |
Boule de Neige | x lemoinei | single, pure white, dense globose clusters | Dwarf, compact form. |
Campanulata | x rosea | white, campanulate, showy purple pedical and calyx | Erect, compact form. |
Candelabra | x candelabra | single, larger denser panicle than parent D. gracilis | More cold hardy than D. gracilis. Introduced by Lemoine 1909. |
Candissima | scabra | double | Froebel intro. c. 1867 |
Carminea | x rosea | single, light rose pink, reverse darker, small at 0.75 in. wide, large panicles | Dwarf to 3 ft. tall. One of the best compact pink cultivars and a long-time favorite since 1900. RHS AM 1969. |
CHARDONAY PEARLS™ 'Seward' | gracilis | white, pearl-like buds | Leaves bright yellow but sunburn resistant. Source: pottedliners (online catalog 11/2003) |
Codsall Pink = Godsall Pink | |||
Compacta | x lemoinei | single, white, dense cluster | Compact habit. Similar to 'Boule de Neige' and perhaps the same clone. |
Conspicua | x elegantissima | single, pink buds open white, globose corymb, | |
Contraste | x hybrida | single, star-like, rose-purple with contrasting stripe, darker stripe on reverse | |
Defica | x magnifica | A new listed name from Europe. | |
Deple | x candida | A new listed name from Europe. | |
Dippon | crenata | A new listed name from Europe. | |
Eburnea | x magnifica | single, campanulate, loose open inflor. | |
Elegantissima | x elegantissima | single, pink buds open white flushed pink, erect corymb | Sharply acuminate leaf. Typical clone of the cross. RHS AM 1954 |
Erecta | x candelabra | single, erect inflorescence. | Distinct from the D. x magnifica cultivar. |
Erecta | x magnifica | single, large upright panicle | RHS AM 1931 |
Eximia | x rosea | bright pink buds open white with pink reverse. | Resembles a pink form of D. gracilis overall. Dark bronze-green new growth. |
Fasciculata | x elegantissima | single, white tinged pink outside. | From Lemoine. |
Fastuosa | x candelabra | A older cultivar not of importance today. | |
Fleur de Pommier | x maliflora | single, pink fading to white, 20-30 flowers per cluster, petal margins slightly frilled | Lemoine intro. |
Flore Pleno (Plena, Rosea Plena) | scabra | double, tinged pink to rose-purple on reverse | Fortune intro. to west from Japan 1861. |
Godsall Pink (Codsall Pink) | scabra | double, clear pink | One of the best and most popular pinks |
Joconde | x hybrida | purple buds open white with rose-purple tints on reverse, 1.25 in. wide | |
Latiflora | x magnifica | single, broad 1 in. flower, erect panicle | RHS AM 1925 |
Lavender Time | compacta | lilac becoming lighter lavender | D. compacta Graib is a good species name though it sounds otherwise. |
Longipetala | x magnifica | single, narrow petal | |
Magicien | x hybrida | rose-pink margined white, large purplish streak on reverse | RHS AM 1969. |
Marmorata (White Splashed?) | crenata | Leaves heavily mottled creram to white to 80% of surface. Figured in Yokoi and Hirose's treatise. Based on their photo it is not the moderately mottled 'Summer Snow'. This sounds like the clone Heronswood Nursery has offered as 'White Splashed' | |
Marmorata | gracilis | single (identical to species) | Leaves mottled yellow. |
Mont Rose (MontRose) | x hybrida | single, rose-purple, crimped petal margins, showy golden anthers, floriferous | Narrowly ovate, sharply dentate leaf to 3.5 in. long. RHS AGM 1957, AM 1971. |
Nakaiana = D. gracilis var. nakaiana | |||
Nikko | gracilis var. nakaiana | single | Compact, 2 ft. tall, 4-5 ft. wide, good flowering ground cover shrub, dark red fall color |
Perle Rose | x hybrida | light pink, small diameter but very floriferous | |
PINK-A-BOO™ ('Monzia') | x hybrida | single, rich pink, whiter center, star-like shape, dense clusters, | Compact, 6-8 ft. tall. Dark red new growth can be showy. Monrovia Nursery intro. |
Pink Charm | chunii | bright pink | |
Pink Minor | scabra | single, light pink | Compact, 2-3 ft. tall. Quality bright green blade. Duncan & Davies, NZ intro. |
Pink Pompon | x kalmifolia? | full, pom-pom double, dark carmine buds open rich pink, darker on reverse. Dense and round corymb. | Probably the most beautiful of the double pinks. |
Plena = Flore Pleno | |||
Pride of Rochester | scabra | double, tinged light pink | Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester NY |
Punctata | scabra | single | Leaves spotted white for off-season interest, showing 2-3 shades of green in the blade. Reverts often. |
Rosea | x rosea | single, pink outside, lighter near white inside, short wide panicles | Compact, 3 ft. tall. ovate-lanceolate to ovate-oblong 2 in. leaf. |
Rosea Plena = Flore Pleno | |||
Rosealind | x elegantissima | single, dark carmine pink | 4-5 ft. tall. Slieve Donard Nursery before 1962. RHS AM 1972. |
Staphyleoides | x magnifica | single, petals reflexed, drooping panicle, reminding some of the genus Staphylea. | |
Strawberry Fields | single, reddish-pink, distinct white picotee | One of the best rich pink cultivars ever released. It is not a strawberry red but you will want fields of it around. See photo above. | |
Summer Snow (Variegata) | crenata | single, floriferous | Leaves mottled white, sometimes reverting to green. |
Variegata = Summer Snow | crenata | ||
Variegata | scabra | single | Leaves mottled white |
Veitchii | longifolia | dark lilac-pink, larger diameter than species typical | RHS AM 1912, FCC 1978. |
Watereri | scabra | single, 1 in. diameter, tinged pink outside | |
White Splash | scabra | Leaves irregularly mottled white. See photo above. | |
White Splashed = Marmorata? | crenata |
Deutzia chunii
ha: compact mounded plants
ht: 5 ft.
fc: white to light pink showing yellow anthers
bt: July (NY)
lc: grey reverse
ch: 6
so: Roslyn
Nursery
Deutzia crenata 'Summer
Snow' ('Variegata')
lc: yellow green flecked white to grey green
ns: the Latin name 'Variegata' is not valid having originated
after 1959.
li: Kanjiro Nursery Catalog April 1979: 23 (as var. variegata)
li: Hahn, C.R. and B.R. Yinger. 1983. Cultivars of Japanese
plants at
li: Brookside Gardens. Arnoldia 43(4): 7.
Deutzia crenata 'White
Splashed'
ht: 6 ft.
lc: irregular creamy-white sections to each blade. The markings
are
lc: considerably larger and often more white than 'Summer Snow'.
so: Heronswood
Nursery
Deutzia gracilis 'Nikko'
ha: compact mound or small globe
ht: 24-30 in. in 10 years
wd: 5 ft. in 10 years
fc: white
fq: very abundant compared to D. gracilis
bt: late May in most areas
afc: dark burgundy red
or: Japan
aw: Ohio Plant Selection Committee
aw: Gold Medal - Pennsylvania Hort. Soc.
so: Cummins Garden 201-536-2591
so: Roslyn
Nursery
web: description
photo (US National Arboretum)
Deutzia 'Strawberry
Fields'
so: source
(Station House)
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