| Scientific Name: | Kerria japonica |
| Common Name: | Japanese kerria |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Round, Vase |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Hedge row, Mixed shrub border, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Lanceolate, Double serrate |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, Yellow, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Achene, Follicle, Dark-red, Brown, Jun-Jul |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Twiggy, arching, deciduous shrub; leaves alternate, lanceolate, most 4-7cm long x 2-3cm wide, margin double serrate, with deep veins, petiole ~5mm long, stipules narrow; flowers bright yellow, 3-5cm wide, Apr.-May. Winter ID: stems slender, green (yellow-green in winter) and contrast with dark reddish-brown lower scales of the buds. | |