Japanese yellow rose bush (Kerria japonica)

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Japanese rose shrubs bear yellow flowers in spring and can provide additional blooming later in the summer. Mine bloomed for 6 weeks one spring, were without flowers for the following 6 weeks, then offered a second blooming that lasted the rest of the growing season (although sparser than the spring flowering). I grow a double flowering type that produces a pompom-style blossom, but single flowering Kerrias are preferred by some.

Japanese rose's bark and branches are also of interest. The main branches on the double flowering type arch gracefully to a height of 8-10 feet (the width can be restricted to similar dimensions through general pruning and, specifically, the removal of suckers). Smaller branches radiate off the main ones in all directions. The branching pattern thus affords interest both vertically and horizontally; it is also relatively airy. The bark is a pleasing kelly green to greenish-yellow, to boot -- a color retained throughout the winter.

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