| Description | Cool Splash Diervilla (Diervilla sessilifolia) is a medium suckering shrub with attractive leaf variegation. |
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| Pronunciation | (die-er-VIL-a)((ses-li-iFO-li-a) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-7 |
| Sunlight | full to part shade |
| Moisture | average to moist |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | honeysuckle-like, yellow flowers in panicles (terminal and axillary cymes) |
| Leaves | leaves have dark green centers surrounded by yellow to white splashes of color |
| Dimensions | 2-3 by 2-3 feet, spreading but not invasive |
| Maintenance | prune after flowering |
| Propagation | U. S. Plant Patent PP19,391, cuttings, division |
| Cultivar Origin | Developed by the Landscape Plant Development Center and the breeder (Podaras) at a Cornell University greenhouse |
| Misc Facts | Genus named after a French surgeon Dierville who introduced the Bush Honeysuckle to Europe. |
| Notes & Reference | #1-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), Missouri Botanical Gardens web site |
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