Plant name - Diervilla rivularis Honeybee

Plant size - Height to 0.8m and spread to 1m

Hardiness - Fully hardy down to -10

Ideal for - Low Maintenance, Flower borders and beds, Cottage & Informal Garden

Position - Full Sun to Part Shade

Flowering - Spring/Summer 

Pot Size - 19cm

Description - A showy, low maintenance shrub, which once established, will practically thrive on neglect. Recently bred in the Netherlands, it has golden foliage, which is said to retain its colouring even in shadier conditions (although we suspect it may become greener when not grown in full sun). From early summer, it also produces clusters of yellow flowers, which will help attract bees and butterflies into the garden. Tough and tolerant, it will cope in a wide range of settings - including dry shade.

This shrub is deciduous so it will lose all its leaves in autumn, then fresh new foliage appears again each spring.