Kerria japonica - 'Pleniflora' (Batchelor's Buttons)

Type Shrub (Multi-stemmed Plant), Deciduous, Flowering
Form Rounded Multi-Stemmed Bush
Size Large Border / Screening Plant (1.8 to 3m height)
Colours Yellow Flowers (Spring), Medium green Foliage
Care Low/Easy Maintenance - Tough Plant
Hardiness Very hardy, Drought Tolerant
Growth Medium Growing Plant
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Kerria japonica description: This hardy shrub is popular for its late winter and early spring colour. If it is yellow flowers you are after then you cant go far wrong with Kerria. This variety is a double so the blossom forms into yellow ruffled balls. Whether in full sun or part shade and on a variety of soils Kerria delivers an early splash of blossom, but then looks rather mundane for the remainder of the year.

Plant Strengths: Sun loving drought tolerant plant; All round tough plant suitable for problem areas; Ideal for fast growing screening; Tolerates cold exposed locations; Tolerates heavy clay soils.


Design & Plant Use for Kerria japonica:
  • Ideal flowering shrub for problem clay soils

Common Missspellings: Keria, Kerea, Kerrea, Ceria, Cerea, Kerria

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Kerria japonica - 'Pleniflora' (Batchelor's Buttons)
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