7 pink-flowered deutzias

Deutzia hybrida 'Strawberry Fields' or 'Red Whirlwind', a luscious pink

The Deutzia ‘Strawberry Fields’ is a stunning hybrid notable for several reasons! It stands out with its gourmet raspberry pink flowering highlighted by beautiful dark green deciduous foliage on the top and light green underneath. Its large flowers, measuring 10 cm in diameter, bloom during May and June. The petals are accentuated by a striated reverse and a white centre, giving a bicoloured and bright appearance to the flowering.

Another advantage: its compact size, reaching 2m in height and 1m in spread. Its silhouette broadens with age and will be perfect in a flowering hedge alongside other spring-flowering bushes.

Plant it in a hedge alongside evergreen shrubs for an interesting hedge all year round, such as cotoneasters, an Osmanthus x burkwoodii, or a Mexican Orange Blossom ‘Apple Blossom’.

Deutzia ‘Strawberry Fields’

Deutzia ‘Yuki Cherry Blossom’: A Small Dome of Pink Flowers

The Deutzia hybrid ‘Yuki Cherry Blossom’ is a recent introduction that reveals an uncommon colour. It is noteworthy for its very generous tender, magenta-pink spring flowering. From May to July, it is covered in a multitude of white flowers at first, reminiscent of cherry blossoms, which blush pink and magenta on the inside of the corollas. This delicate pink flowering is supported by dark green foliage that turns purple-tinged in autumn.

This new deutzia forms a dome that will not exceed 60 cm in all directions. Particularly compact and bushy, it roots itself spontaneously, allowing it to quickly form a large, floriferous groundcover.

With its moderate growth, it will suit both cultivation in the ground in a small garden and in a large pot on the terrace or balcony. Give it a place in masses along the edge of a flowerbed or path, on a sunny bank, where it will find companions among other small groundcover shrubs such as Spiraea ‘Anthony Waterer’, a dwarf weigela, groundcover roses ‘The Fairy’ or ‘Swany’, or shrubby potentillas. On the edge, mix it with hardy geraniums such as ‘Johnson Blue’.

Deutzia ‘Yuki Cherry Blossom’

Deutzia scabra 'Codsall Pink', double dose of pink!

The Deutzia scabra ‘Codsall Pink’ delights us from June to July with an abundant flowering of double, trailing flowers resembling small lily of the valley bells. The petals are white with a pink touch on the reverse. These delicate shades add real depth to the flowers. This variety of Deutzia is noteworthy for its late spring to early summer flowering; pair it with evergreen foliage.

This variety has a significant growth, reaching up to 3 m in height and 2 m in spread. Its silhouette broadens over time, while its beautiful cinnamon-brown bark exfoliates once mature.

Flowering during the rose season, at the end of spring and the beginning of summer, it is an exceptional specimen for solitary planting or to form the backbone of a romantic border alongside old roses, a Spirea japonica ‘Anthony Waterer’, or surrounded by evergreen shrubs like an Elaeagnus.

Deutzia scabra ‘Codsall Pink’

Deutzia hybrida 'Raspberry Sundae®', with large bicoloured flowers

The number one asset of this Deutzia hybrida ‘Raspberry Sundae®’ is its beautiful clusters of star-shaped flowers that are larger than average. Bicoloured, they display white petals with tips touched with purplish pink. They form delicately coloured and dense bouquets along the branches that, from April to June, literally cover the very dark green foliage, trailing down to the ground. The leaves turn bronze and purple-violaceous at the end of the season.

This new English cultivar of deutzia is distinguished by a fairly compact habit, while remaining elegant, well-ramified, and rounded, reaching about 1.20 m in all directions at maturity.

Its rather moderate silhouette allows it to be grown in a large pot on a sunny terrace, or to be integrated into a shrub bed with a Ceanothus pallidus ‘Marie Simon’, or a Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’, or a Sambucus nigra ‘Black Lace’. Planted on a sunny bank, it can be surrounded by upright shrubs like Vitex agnus-castus, and perennials like Stachys byzantina, lavender, and pinks.

Deutzia ‘Raspberry Sundae’®

Deutzia hybrida 'Mont Rose', with evolving hues

The Deutzia hybrida ‘Mont Rose’ offers a true spectacle at the onset of spring, during the months of June and July. It is adorned with clusters of flowers cascading down to the ground. It presents an explosion of small, tender pink stars, slightly fragrant, measuring 6 cm in diameter, which lighten to become white. The shades are evolving, and each flower is unique, supported by deep green leaves on the upper side and light green underneath.

This elegant, vigorous bush reaches heights of 1.5 to 3 m and a width of 2 m at maturity. This hybrid has received the Royal Horticultural Society award for its combined qualities: floribundity, robustness, and elegance.

Its beautiful size and bushy habit naturally lend it to be part of a free-standing hedge. It is advisable to prune it every year or every 2-3 years.

To accompany it, alternate it with weigelas, lilacs (syringa), kolkwitzia, and mock oranges.

Deutzia hybrida ‘Mont Rose’

Deutzia 'Perle Rose', a very gentle flowering

The Deutzia hybrid ‘Perle Rose’ is an established hybrid variety that offers a rather short flowering period (taking place for a good part of June), but undoubtedly possesses infinite charm. Spectacular when in bloom, the bush is hidden beneath an avalanche of pink to very pale mauve star-shaped flowers edged in white.

With a rather rapid growth rate, this lovely cultivar dating back to 1936 forms a fairly rounded bush, reaching a maximum height of 2 m.

Essential in the garden, in a flowering hedge, pair it with weigelas, lilacs for companions, and evergreen shrubs like abelias or a black elder to provide contrast. You can also place it at the back of a flowerbed alongside other pink-flowering plants, such as a bleeding heart, yarrow, and astilbes.

Deutzia ‘Perle Rose’

Deutzia purpurascens 'Kalmiiflora'

The Deutzia purpurascens ‘Kalmiiflora’ is one of the Deutzia varieties that captivates us with its flowering, both delicate and original. In May and June, the slender branches bend under the weight of delicate, single corollas, 7 cm wide, reminiscent of Kalmia flowers. They open into white flowers gently washed with a deep pink on the reverse of the petals. This beautiful, spreading and rounded bush reaches a height and spread of 1.50 m.

With its bicoloured flowers and its open habit with arching branches, this Deutzia is perfect for enhancing an English-style garden. When paired, for example, in a border with soft hues, with the David Austin rose James Galway or climbing rose ‘Alchymist’ and surrounded by delphiniums, it will give your garden a ‘So British’ feel.

Deutzia purpurascens ‘Kalmiiflora’

For further reading

• To find out everything, discover our complete file: “Deutzia: planting, pruning and maintenance”
• Find all our species and varieties of Deutzia
• Discover our article: Deutzia: 5 pairing ideas
• Find our tips for Choosing a Deutzia