| Description | Slender Deutzia (Deutzia gracilis) A small to medium shrub with small white flowers. |
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| Pronunciation | (DUUT-si-a)(GRAS-l-lis) |
| Plant Type | Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | small white, borne in racemes, late May early June in zone #5 |
| Leaves | opposite simple green leaves, no real fall color maybe purple at times |
| Dimensions | 2-4 feet tall, broad mounded |
| Maintenance | blooms on last years wood so prune after flowering, stems may die back to the ground, gets twiggy and will need pruning to maintain form, can be pruned hard down to 6 inches |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Misc Facts | Genus name honors Johan van der Deutz (1743-1788), an amateur botanist from Amsterdam. Specific epithet means slender or graceful (#144) |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr) , #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org), #226-Shrubs and Vines for American Gardens (Donald Wyman) |
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