Deutzia

Deutzia x hybrida ‘Magicien’

A lovely Deutzia , ‘Magicien’ (also known as ‘Magician’) is a dense, upright, bushy shrub with elegantly spreading, arching stems and particularly attractive sprays of star-shaped pink and white flowers, 2.5cm wide across. Abundant, they appear in late spring to early summer and cover the shrub for about two weeks.  This beautiful shrub also displays burgundy foliage in Autumn.

In winter, once the leaves have dropped it shows off its attractive trunk and branches which, like a fine wine, improve with age. As they mature, The bark peels back to reveal an orange layer beneath. Plant in moderately fertile, well drained soil protected from the hot afternoon sun. Water in well to establish, then you only need worry if rainfall is low, which is all year for us so we make sure she is watered all the time…