Scientific Name:
Diervilla sessilifolia
'Butterfly'
Pronunciation:
dy-er-VIL-uh ses-see-lih-FOH-lee-uh
Common Name:
dwarf bush honeysuckle
Family Name:
Caprifoliaceae
Plant Type:
Shrub - deciduous
Key ID Features:
Thicket-forming shrub; leaves sessile, opposite, ovate-lanceolate, 6-8cm long x 3-4cm wide, margins finely serrate; flowers ~13mm wide, 5 pale yellow petals are fused at base, Jul-Sep.
Habit:
Dense, Spreading, Upright
Form:
Round
Texture:
Medium - coarse
Mature Height:
0.7 - 1.3m
Mature Spread:
1.0 - 1.5m
Growth Rate:
Moderate
Origin:
Garden origin
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Exposure:
Part sun/part shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Well-drained
Water Use:
Moderate
Landscape Uses:
Attract birds, Attract butterflies, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Woodland margin
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple
Arrangement:
Opposite
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible
Surfaces:
Glabrous
Colour in Summer:
Green, at first bronze-tinged then green
Colour in Fall:
Purple, Red
Shapes:
Lanceolate, Ovate
Apices:
Acuminate
Bases:
Connate-perfoliate
Margins:
Serrate
Additional Info:
6-17cm long; pubescent on underside at midrib only; reddish veins
Inflorescence Type:
Cyme
Flower Morphology:
Flowers perfect
Number Of Petals:
5
Corolla Shape:
Rotate/stellate
Ovary Position:
Inferior
Colour (petals):
Yellow
Flower Time at Peak:
Jul, Aug, Sep
Additional Info:
clustered at end of branches
Fruit Type:
Capsule
Fruit Colour:
Green, Brown
Fruiting Time:
Sep, Oct, Nov
Additional Info:
Persistent
Bark or Stem Colour:
Red, Brown
Leaf Bud Type:
Ovoid
Leaf Scar Shape:
V-shaped
Organ Modifications:
Runners (or stolons)
Propagation:
Softwood cuttings, Division - below ground parts
Maintenance:
Medium
Pest Susceptibility:
Fungal leaf spot, Mildew (Pest resistant, Disease resistant)
Course(s):
- HORT 2355
Location(s):
- (NRY) NuRserY
- (ONE) Overpass North side East
- (ONW) Overpass North side West