Neillia uekii
- Phonetic Spelling
- NEEL-lee-uh YOO-eh-kee-eye
- Description
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Neillia is a deciduous shrub from Asia in the rose family with a compact habit that spreads by suckers. It will grow to 8 feet tall with spring blooms of white to pink flowers in long clusters. The foliage is dense with arching branches and 5-lobed rich-green leaves.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Neillia
- Species:
- uekii
- Family:
- Rosaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Woody
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Korea
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Shrub
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Habit/Form:
- Arching
- Erect
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Occasionally Wet
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Pink
- White
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Raceme
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Flower Description:
- Large pendulous clusters of small white to pink flowers in late spring
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Alternate
- Leaf Shape:
- Elliptical
- Ovate
- Leaf Margin:
- Doubly Serrate
- Lobed
- Hairs Present:
- Yes
- Leaf Description:
- Alternate, simple 5 lobed rich green leaves. The base rounded to truncate, margins pinnately lobed, doubly serrate, apex long acuminate or caudate
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Stem:
- Stem Color:
- Brown/Copper
- Red/Burgundy
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
- Stem Buds:
- Scaly
- Stem Surface:
- Smooth (glabrous)
- Stem Description:
- Branchlets red-brown, slender, slightly pubescent when young then glabrescent. The buds purple, ovoid, with 3 or 4 scales pubescent at the margin
