The Dawes Arboretum

Common name: beautybush

Family: Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle family)

Synonym: Linnaea amabilis

Distribution: China

Hardiness: USDA Zone 4

Life form: Deciduous shrub/Subshrub

Comments: A popular, deciduous, fast-growing, large shrub that becomes upright and spreading like a fountain. Dull, dark green leaves cover slender reddish brown stems. Can grow to 10' tall and a bit less in spread. Periodic pruning out of older canes will keep plant from getting "leggy" with most of its foliage in the upper portion. Flowers are pink outside and yellow inside a flaring bell-shaped corolla. No fall color to speak of. Works well in the shrub border.