Japanese Rose or Kerria
Kerria japonica (ROSACEAE)
Planting and Growing Japanese Rose
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow Japanese rose or kerria in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, fruit, and seeds of Japanese rose or kerria
- Growing conditions for Japanese rose or kerria
- When and where to plant Japanese rose or kerria
- How to plant Japanese rose or kerria
- How to shape, prune and control growth of Japanese rose or kerria
- Watering, fertilizing, and care of Japanese rose or kerria
- Landscape uses of Japanese rose or kerria
- Pest and disease control for Japanese rose or kerria
Growing Japanese Rose
Several cultivars of medium-growing, upright, bushy, rounded, deciduous shrubs, 4–6 ft. (1.2–1.8 m) tall and to 8 ft. (2.4 m) wide, with alternate, deep green, textured, broadly oval, pointed, toothed, veined leaves, to 2 in. (50 mm) long.
Japanese Rose Planting and Care Guide
Flowers and Fruit
Many showy, single, gold, yellow, very double flowers, to 2 in. (50 mm) wide, in spring–early summer, form dry, clustered, 1-seeded fruit in late summer.
Best Climates
U.S.D.A. Plant Hardiness Zones 4–9. Hardy.
Soil Type and Fertility
Moist to damp, well-drained soil. Fertility: Average. 6.0–7.0 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Full sun to partial shade. Space 3–4 ft. (90–120 cm) apart.
Proper Care
Moderate. Keep damp; allow soil surface to dry between waterings. Fertilize quarterly. Prune after bloom to thin. Propagate by cuttings, division, layering, seed.
About This Species
Good choice for accents, beds, borders in Asian, shade, woodland gardens. Branches good for cutting. Japanese beetle and blight, canker susceptible.