Description: A deciduous shrub native to China and Japan, Kerria japonica may not be especially coveted by collectors, but named varieties have rekindled interest among horticulturists and keen green ...

I have a Japanese kerria, which was spectacular in bloom this spring. It has outgrown its space, however, and with all the rain, the long branches are hanging over everything. How can I prune my ...

William Kerr was a young Kew gardener, and protégé of Sir Joseph Banks, the famous 18th-century naturalist and plant collector. In 1804, Kerr was seconded to the East India Company in China to search ...

My first year of teaching was in a small town between Fernie and Cranbrook, in the beautiful East Kootenays. Since then, I’ve kept in touch with a British couple on the staff. During my travelling ...

As I was reading about this plant, one of the authors described Japanese kerria as a "kindergarten shrub that almost anyone can grow." I was trying to decide if this is a negative or positive comment ...

GINA PARKINSON sings the praises of a May plant that might seem ordinary but which has its own beauty. THE May garden is so full of interesting things to talk about that it is hard to choose, but one ...