Kerria japonica 'Golden Guinea'
Japanese Rose 'Golden Guinea'
Kerria japonica is a deciduous, Spring flowering shrub with bright green stems and leaves. It produces single or double bright yellow flowers according to the variety. They will spread through suckers. ‘Golden Guinea’ is a single-flowered cultivar that is noted for its heavily veined leaves. It is a tall growing variety.
Contributed by @angipangi
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Partial shade
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Very little water
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Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Japanese Rose 'Golden Guinea'
Latin name
Kerria japonica 'Golden Guinea'
type
Flowering shrubs or trees
family
Rosaceae
ph
5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Partial shade
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Frost
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Soil
Moist and free draining
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
3.00 M
3.00 M
Kerria japonica 'Golden Guinea'
Kerria japonica is a deciduous, Spring flowering shrub with bright green stems and leaves. It produces single or double bright yellow flowers according to the variety. They will spread through suckers. ‘Golden Guinea’ is a single-flowered cultivar that is noted for its heavily veined leaves. It is a tall growing variety.
Planting Outdoors
From Early Autumn TO Late Autumn
Plant out container grown plants into site, digging in some well rotted manure or compost first. Wonderful for brightening up a dark area.
Propagation by cuttings
From Mid Spring TO Early Summer
Take soft wood cuttings in spring to early summer. Cleanly cut up to a 10cm long stems, remove lower leaves and pinch the tip out, dip the stem into rooting hormone, fill a container/pot with suitable compost, make holes around the edge of it and plant the cuttings, water in well, cover with a polythene bag and place somewhere warm, lake the bag off twice a week to air the cuttings. Keep the cuttings moist until well rooted.Harden off when well rooted and pot on into individual pots increasing the airing to let the leaves to develop. Remove rotten, dying or dead cuttings regularly.
Propagation by cuttings
From Mid Summer TO Early Autumn
Semi hard wood cuttings are taken from the current years growth from late summer to mid autumn the bottom of the cuttings is hard and soft on the top. With a sharp knife take a cutting of about 14cms, remove lowest leaves, dip end into rooting hormone, and place round the edge of a pot filled with a suitable compost, water well, they must remain moist till rooted, place under glass but in semi shade.
Flowering Season
From Mid Spring TO Early Summer
Lots of single or double yellow flowers in the spring.
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