| General Description | Dwarf compact shrub, small leaved, simple, opposite, oblong-lanceolate leaf, medium fine texture in leaf, flowers are perfect, double flowering, white, borne in upright racemes 5-8 cm long, gray exfoliating bark, dehiscent, brown fruit. |
| ID Characteristic | Double flowering white racemes, blue green foliage, deep purple or burgundy in autumn. |
| Shape | Loosely rounded and somewhat unkempt. |
| Landscape | Informal rock gardens or as a mass planting or groundcover plant. |
| Propagation | Softwood cuttings. |
| Cultivation | Deutzias are rooted from softwood cuttings, these can be collected at any point of the growing season, typically use 1000 ppm KIBA dip, place in misting bed and root systems should be well developed in approximately 3-4 weeks, should be container grown. |
| Pests | The Nikko Deutzia is susceptible to leaf spot, aphids and leaf miners. |
| Notable Specimens | The Mac Cuddy Garden Botanic, Strathroy, Ontario, Canada. The Gardens of Fanshawe College, London, Ontario, Canada. |
| Habitat | Horticultural origin. |
| Bark/Stem Description | Young stems herbaceous, older stems becoming gray and exhibiting an exfoliating bark habit. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Brown, glossy, ovoid shaped, nearly sessile with several pairs of outer scales. |
| Leaf Description | Simple, unevenly serrate, lanceolate-obovate leaf shape, bluish-green in colour, purple or burgundy autumn colour. |
| Flower Description | Double flowering 5-8 cm racemes borne upright, perfect, weakly fragrant, pure white colour, flowers mid-late May, needs summer heat to bloom effectively. |
| Fruit Description | A dehiscent, brown capsule. |
| Colour Description | Blue green foliage throughout spring and summer, dark purplish or burgundy autumn foliage, bears white flowers. |
| Texture Description | Medium-fine in foliage, medium in winter.
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