{"id":3320,"date":"2020-07-27T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/?p=3320"},"modified":"2022-07-25T16:50:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T20:50:20","slug":"diervilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/diervilla\/","title":{"rendered":"A tough plant for tough places"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some plantings are difficult. \u00a0Poor soil, deer, high ph, lack of irrigation, or a combination of some or all of these issues. \u00a0The more factors in combination, the more your plant list gets whittled down. \u00a0One of the plants you can count on to be available to use when the whittling is done is diervilla, or bush honeysuckle.<\/p>\n<p>Diervilla grow in most soil conditions, all light conditions, and are deer and drought resistant. They all sport somewhat inconspicuous yellow flowers. The Kodiak\u00ae series, developed for the landscape, sport various leaf colors for more summer interest and are non invasive. \u00a0All of these colors, including amazing fall colors, are more intense the more sunlight the plant gets.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"000_3980_683\" src=\"\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/000_3980_683.jpg\" alt=\"Diervilla Kodiak Black\" width=\"683\" height=\"455\" data-id=\"3327\" data-init-width=\"683\" data-init-height=\"455\" data-width=\"683\" data-height=\"455\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kodiak\u00ae Black<\/p>\n<p>Kodiak\u00ae Black sports a blackish-purple leaf which contrasts well with the usually inconspicuous flowers. \u00a0Kodiak\u00ae Orange and Red are also available with hints of orange and red in the leaves. \u00a0The most intense fall color seems to come from Kodiak\u00ae Orange.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"000_6426_683\" src=\"\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/000_6426_683.jpg\" alt=\"Diervilla Kodiak Orange\" width=\"683\" height=\"455\" data-id=\"3329\" data-init-width=\"683\" data-init-height=\"455\" data-width=\"683\" data-height=\"455\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kodiak\u00ae Orange<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"731_7626_683\" src=\"\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/731_7626_683.jpg\" alt=\"Diervilla Kodiak Orange\" width=\"683\" height=\"455\" data-id=\"3331\" data-init-width=\"683\" data-init-height=\"455\" data-width=\"683\" data-height=\"455\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kodiak\u00ae Orange fall color<\/p>\n<p>These plants get between three and four feet tall and wide.\u00a0 Their habit can be considered a little messy and leggy if left to grow naturally.\u00a0 I like to prune them regularly to maintain a smaller size and encourage increased branching, but do it in late fall so as not to miss any of the fall color show.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"000_4082_683\" src=\"\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/000_4082_683.jpg\" alt=\"Diervilla Kodiak Red\" width=\"683\" height=\"455\" data-id=\"3328\" data-init-width=\"683\" data-init-height=\"455\" data-width=\"683\" data-height=\"455\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kodiak\u00ae Red in full sun<\/p>\n<p>Diervilla is a tough plant for tough conditions, but the Kodiak\u00ae series gives you an attractive plant even when conditions aren&#8217;t tough.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"mollon\" src=\"\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/mollon.png\" alt=\"John Mollon\" width=\"600\" height=\"175\" data-id=\"3020\" data-init-width=\"600\" data-init-height=\"175\" data-width=\"600\" data-height=\"175\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some plantings are difficult. \u00a0Poor soil, deer, high ph, lack of irrigation, or a combination of some or all of these issues. \u00a0The more factors in combination, the more your plant list gets whittled down. \u00a0One of the plants you can count on to be available to use when the whittling is done is diervilla, 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