Flower Notes:
Pink (Funnel-form, 1-2" long flowers that are rosy pink outside and paler within; in May-June)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Summer foliage; no fall color change)
Fruit Notes:
Brown (2-valved capsule; not ornamentally important)
Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to different soils, but prefers good drainage
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves are simple, opposite, elliptic to ovate-oblong, 2-4.5" long by 0.75-1.5" wide, acuminate, rounded at base, and serrate, with a very short petiole. Stem has 2 rows of hairs connecting nodes. Large circular lenticels. Sometimes confused with the less common Kolkwitzia amabilis, but Kolkwitzia flowers differ by being smaller, usually pink, clustered, yellow in the throat, and having long, dense pubescence on stalks.
