A nice compact plant with lime yellow foliage and fragrant white flowers.
Pronunciation
(DUUT-si-a)(GRAS-l-lis)
Plant Type
All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous
Hardiness Zone
(4)5-8
Sunlight
full for best flowers
Moisture
average
Soil & Site
average
Flowers
buds are like white pearls, open to white, fragrant, borne on short racemes
Leaves
opposite, simple, lemon-lime colored leaves
Dimensions
2-3 feet by 2-3 feet, rounded
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
P.P. #16,098
Notes & Reference
#01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr)