Kolwitzia Amabilis - Beauty Bush: Information and Pictures from Plant Encyclopedia

Kolwitzia Amabilis - Beauty Bush
Type	Shrub, Deciduous
Size	Large Border (1 to 3m height)
Form	Rounded - Bush
Colours	Medium green Foliage, Dark pink Flowers (Summer early)
Care	Some maintenance required
Hardiness	Frost hardy
Growth	Medium growing

Cultivation tips: Beauty Bush will tolerate demanding conditions in part or full sun. This deciduous shrub is a tough and reliable summer flowerer. Best planted at the back of the border in all but the poorest garden soils - whether dry or wet, acid or alkaline. Prune out 1/4 of the oldest stems to base in winter if congested or spindly, prune only after flowering. Mulch to feed every few years.