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Japanese Kerria
Kerria japonica
Japanese Kerria is a medium-growing shrub, hardy in USDA zones 4-9, that matures to about 4-5 ft × 6-8 ft. It does best in part shade with medium water needs in well-drained and occasionally-dry soil. Expect yellow blooms in spring. It attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, stands up well to deer and drought, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 4-9
- Sun
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 4-5 ft × 6-8 ft
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Soil
- Well-drained, Occasionally-dry
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Attracts
- Butterflies, Hummingbirds
- Tough against
- Deer, Drought
- Native to
- Central & Southern China to Southern Korea and Japan
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