Yuki Cherry Blossom Deutzia (Deutzia 'NCDX2') - pink flowers, illustrated plant cardIllustration

Yuki Cherry Blossom Deutzia

Deutzia 'NCDX2'

Also called yuki cherry blossom

Yuki Cherry Blossom Deutzia blooms from May through June.

Bloom calendar
Bloom time
May–Jun
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Hardiness
Zones 5–8
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Sun
Full sun
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Water
Moderate water
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Mature size
20 in × 20 in
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Type
Shrub
house classification

Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.

Growing Yuki Cherry Blossom Deutzia

Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 5–8. Expect it to reach about 20 in tall and 20 in wide at maturity, in roughly 4 years (a house reading).

No toxicity note is on file for Yuki Cherry Blossom Deutzia. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.

Verification
What was checked

Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant, with what the sources could not settle written down; years to mature size rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one, and is marked so; its common name and alternate names have not been checked yet. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.

See the 11 sources it was checked against

When to plant Yuki Cherry Blossom Deutzia

Plant Yuki Cherry Blossom Deutzia in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 6, the middle of its hardy zones 5 to 8, spring means March to May and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms from May to June.

Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 6, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 6 in March. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.

How big does Yuki Cherry Blossom Deutzia get?

Illustration of Yuki Cherry Blossom Deutzia drawn to scale beside an adult20 intall5 ft 7 inan adult20 inwide
About 20 in tall and 20 in wide at maturity: knee-high beside an adult.

See Yuki Cherry Blossom Deutzia in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.

How far apart to plant Yuki Cherry Blossom Deutzia

Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.

Space Yuki Cherry Blossom Deutzia about 20 in apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.

Plant them
20 in apart
Per 10 sq ft
about 4
4 by 8 ft bed
about 8

Add Yuki Cherry Blossom Deutzia to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.

Where these facts come from

Yuki Cherry Blossom Deutzia's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 11 published sources on September 23, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.

  • Missouri Botanical GardenPlant Finderheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
  • NC State ExtensionGardener Plant Toolboxheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
  • Chicago Botanic GardenPlant Finderspread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags and pests
  • Proven Winnersthe introducerheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and pests
  • Plant Addictsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water and bloom months and color
  • plants.thegrowingplace.comThe Growing Place (NetPS Plant Finder entry)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, bloom months and color and soil
  • US plant patent (Google Patents)US Plant Patent PP28,347 (Google Patents), the breeder's registrationheight, spread, hardiness zones, bloom months and color, trait tags and diseases
  • kiefernursery.comKiefer Nurseryheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun and water
  • ASPCAtoxic and non-toxic plant list, dogstoxicity
  • ASPCAtoxic and non-toxic plant list, catstoxicity
  • NC State ExtensionDeutzia gracilis, the seed parent's species pagetoxicity

How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.

The Deutzia group

One of 4 in the Deutzia group. Same genus, similar care.

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