Full Sun
Moderate care
Moderate watering
Frost Hardy
H7
RHS hardiness
-20°C
Minimum temperature
Expected size
Height | Spread | |
|---|---|---|
2.5m | Max | 4m |
1.5m | Min | 2.5m |
Flowering
spring
summer
autumn
winter
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Japonica Overview
A low-spreading, climbing or wall, deciduous shrub native to Japan. Glossy mid green leaves are obovate to round turning yellow in autumn. Clusters of orange red purple flowers bloom from spring and are followed by fragrant, small, round yellow fruit.
Common problems with Japonica
How to propagate Japonica
Cuttings
You can propagate the species by softwood or greenwood cuttings. The cultivars by cuttings only in the summer.
Suckers
Suckering in the summer.
Seed
Seed in the autumn.
Special features of Japonica
Hedge plant
Other uses of Japonica
Banks, hedging, specimen. Spring interest. Attracts humming birds in suitable geographical locations.