Rhodotypos scandens

single, white flowers from the tips of each shoot with an appealing simplicity. The blooms are later replaced by large black berries

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Rhodotypos scandens
Aka Jet Bead, White kerria, Rhodotypos kerrioides
  • deciduous shrub
  • arching branches
  • deeply veined, mid-green leaves
  • pale yellow foliage in autumn
  • four-petalled, papery white flower
  • late Spring/early summer blooms
  • followed by glossy, spherical, black fruit.

H 1.5m
S 1.5m

sun
part shade

moist
well-drained

Info: a sole species in the rose family, in this genus. It occurs naturally in scrub and woodland in China and Japan

Notes: Purchased November 2022 from Burncoose Nurseries for the Japanese woodland garden