Kerria jap. 'Golden Guinea'

Kerria japonica 'golden guinea', also called ranunculus shrub, is a deciduous medium-sized shrub with a round, upright shape, overhanging branches and attractive lime-green twigs. In the months of May and June it blooms with bright yellow, rose-like single flowers with 5 petals. The leaves are bright green, lanceolate, toothed and prominently veined, the underside is downy. Kerria japonica is quite flexible in terms of location or soil type, but does not like heavy clay soil and 'wet feet'. To maintain a compact shrub it is necessary to prune one in 3 branches back almost to the bottom every year. Kerria japonica is resistant to disease, free of pests and tolerant of air pollution.