Deutzia 'Iris Alford'
Deutzia 'Iris Alford'
Deutzias are low-maintenance shrubs that bear clusters of single or double white, pink or red fragrant flowers from late Spring to mid Summer. Most deutzias are deciduous, with simple, serrated leaves. 'Iris Alford' has purple and white-striped buds that open to starry white flowers that are pink-purple on the back of the petals. Flowers in early Summer
Contributed by @melvynprentice
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Free draining
Common name
Deutzia 'Iris Alford'
Latin name
Deutzia 'Iris Alford'
type
Flowering Shrub
family
Hydrangeaceae
ph
5.5 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Soil
Free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
1.50 M
1.50 M
Deutzia 'Iris Alford'
Deutzias are low-maintenance shrubs that bear clusters of single or double white, pink or red fragrant flowers from late Spring to mid Summer. Most deutzias are deciduous, with simple, serrated leaves. 'Iris Alford' has purple and white-striped buds that open to starry white flowers that are pink-purple on the back of the petals. Flowers in early Summer
Flowering
From Late Spring TO Mid Summer
Deutzias bear lusters of fragrant flowers from late Spring to mid Summer.
Planting
From Late Autumn TO Early Winter
Plant deutzias in a sunny site with free-draining soil. Pink-flowered deutzias are better in a site with some dappled shade, to help prevent the flowers fading
Propagating by softwood cutting
From Late Spring TO Early Summer
Take softwood cuttings from new growth early in the day in Spring or early Summer. Cut, neatly, a 4" approx. piece of a non-flowering shoot, pinch out the tip, and cut off the bottom leaves. Dip the bottom of the cutting in hormone rooting powder, and carefully place in a pot of cutting compost with the leaves just above the level of the compost. Water, label, cover with a polythene bag, and place in a warm, bright place, out of direct sunlight. Take the polythene bag off periodically for a while for ventilation (at least twice a week)
melvynprentice