Deutzia Species, Slender Pride of Rochester

This is the best of the Deutzias. It is smaller than the other species and is a little less messy, though it is good to prune it low to t...Read Morehe ground just after it blooms in May. All Deutzias eventually become messy, bedrangled, and full of dead stems and should be drastically pruned to the ground after blooming when they get icky.Their fine textured twigs can look interesting in winter when not old. Their spring and summer foliage looks fine.These East Asian plants have no fall color (except for 'Nikko') nor do the flowers smell good. They are not really wonderful ornamentals. The cultivar of 'Nikko', Japanese for dwarf, is sold a lot in the Mid-Atlantic. Its stems trail all over the ground and it is more of a groundcover, but it traps lots of fallen leaves underneath.

Zone 7A garden, Petersburg, Virginia: I got a small deutzia about 1998, and then I decided to move it after about nine years in its bed. ...Read More It had been in full sun for a few hours a day. I found that it had multiplied to several plants, and they are in pots, awaiting the preparation of their new bed. It is quite pretty in bloom (April in our area), and unremarkable the rest of the year. It benefits from a pruning after its bloom.

Easily grown in average, medium wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Best flowering in full sun. Wide range of soil toleranc...Read Moree. Prefers moist, humusy soils. Stems are somewhat short-lived, and annual pruning of dead branches is usually necessary. Prune in spring immediately after flowering.