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Kodiak® Red Diervilla

Shrub

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  • Add vivid red to your garden.
  • Clusters of small yellow blooms attract butterflies.
  • Drought tolerant and unbothered by disease.
  • Zones 4-7, sun/part sun/shade, 4' tall x 4' wide at maturity.
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Hand-Picked at Our Greenhouse
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Arrives as a Young Plant
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Hand-Picked at Our Greenhouse
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Arrives as a Young Plant
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Description

Kodiak® Red Diervilla (Diervilla sp.) is a super tough North American native shrub with cheerful red spring foliage you'll love. As the season progresses, the foliage turns deep green with red hints before turning vivid red in the fall. This shrub has clusters of small bright yellow flowers throughout summer and fall with distinctive red seed pods in fall. Sometimes called bush honeysuckle, Diervilla adapts to most soils and grows well even in dry shade (though the best color develops with at least some sun each day). Diervilla Kodiak Red is a hard-working, easy-care landscape plant that can be used on its own as a hedge or border or mixed with other plants. Colorful foliage is elegant and tidy, resisting pests and disease.

Details

Botanical name: Diervilla 'G2X885411'
Patent #: PP 28,403
Common name: Diervilla, bush honeysuckle
Zone: 4 - 7
Sun exposure: Sun (> 6 hours sun) to part-sun (4-6 hours sun)
Height x width: 3-4' tall x wide
Flower color: Yellow
Foliage color: Red to green
Bloom time: Summer
Features: Rare & unusual, Proven Winners, native fall color, drought tolerant, cold tolerant
Uses: Accent, background, container gardening, foundation planting, hedge plant, ornamental, rock garden, small spaces

How to Grow

Soil: Very adaptable to a wide range of soil types as long as it drains well, as it will not tolerate standing water. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution.
Light: Sun (> 6 hours sun) to part-sun (4-6 hours sun) to shade (<4 hours direct sun/day).
Water: Average water needs. Water regularly; do not overwater.
Spacing: 4-5'
Fertilizing: Fertilizer needs are low. If you wish, apply a granular garden or rose fertilizer in early spring.
Winterizing: No specific care is needed.
Maintenance & pruning: Requires no regular pruning, but may be pruned in early spring to promote dense, new growth.

Our Guide for Fall Planting

The start of fall may signal the gardening season is coming to a close, but it’s not over yet! There is still plenty of time to enjoy colorful flowers and foliage or even sprinkle in some new perennials and shrubs before winter arrives.

Grow with confidence

Plant spacing is based on the ultimate width of the plants. This figure is normally given as a range; for example, 3-5’. If you live in a cold climate and/or want plants to fill in more quickly, plan to space at the shorter end of the range. If you live in a warm climate, are on a limited budget, or are willing to wait longer for plants to touch, use the higher end of the range. Using the larger number is recommended when calculating distance from a building or structure. There’s really no such thing as "maximum spacing": if you don’t want your plants to touch, you can space them as far apart as you’d like. All plant spacing is calculated on center, or in other words, the centers of the plants are spaced one half of their eventual width apart:

bush distance

Unless you are planting in a straight line, as you might for hedges or edging, space your plants in a staggered or zig-zag pattern for a more interesting and naturalistic look:

bush distance zigzag

Not sure just how many plants will fit in your garden? Our calculator gives you the exact amount of plants required for your space. Simply update the values and the calculator will re-calculate accordingly. Spacing information can be found in the 'How to Grow' tab on each plant's page.

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