Catalog Description
Dwarf, spreading mounds of finely textured blue-green foliage on slender branches hold masses of showy pink flower clusters in early summer. Excellent in mass plantings or as a single specimen. Deciduous. Full sun. Moderate grower to 2 feet tall, 5 feet wide. Cutting grown. |
Design Ideas
Colorful filler for sparse mixed shrub beds and borders. Mass to create low maintenance groundcover. Use to edge sidewalks or lawn for tidy transitions. |
Companion Plants
Use tall, spiky companions behind this low shrub, such as Dwarf Maiden Grass (Miscanthus sinensis `Yakushima`).
The upright growth of Peking Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster acutifolius) is also a good contrast of form.
Grow a white rose such as Sir Thomas Lipton Japanese Rose (Rosa x `Sir Thomas Lipton`) behind the hedge.
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Average Landscape Size
Moderate grower to 2 ft. tall, 5 ft. wide. |
Key Plant Benefits
Dwarf, spreading mounds hold masses of showy pink flower clusters. Excellent in mass plantings or as a single specimen. Good cut flowers for arrangements. Deciduous. |
Care Instructions
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. For a tidy, neat appearance, shear annually to shape. |
Growth Conditions
| Growth Rate |
 Moderate Growing |
| Growth Habit |
| Spreading |
| Heat Zones |
High:
| 9 (>120 to 150 days) |
| Low: | 1 (< 1 days) |
| Cold Hardiness |
| High: | 9 (20 to 30 F) (see map) |
| Low: | 4 (-30 to -20 F) |
| Water Requirements |
| Water regularly, when top 3" of soil is dry. |
| Sun Exposure |
| Full sun |
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Flowering
Flower or Bloom description:
Bowl-shaped flowers grow in flat-topped clusters
| Flower Color |
| Pink |
| Flowering Time/Season |
| Summer. |
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Propagation
| Propagation Method |
1
| Cutting grown |
| Best time to Prune |
| Summer after flowering |
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Attributes
Attracts Butterflies
Border Plant
Cottage Garden Plant
Dwarf Habit
Easy Care Plant
Extremely Hardy
Flowers for Cutting
Groundcover
Patio Container Plant
Rock Garden Plant
Showy Flowers
Summer Flowering |
Foliage
Small, toothed
| Foliage Shape | Lance-shaped |
| Normal foliage color | Blue-green |
| Underside foliage | Gray-green |
| Juvenile foliage | Blue-green |
| Mature foliage | Blue-green |
| New foliage | Blue-green |
| Spring foliage | Blue-green |
| Summer foliage | Blue-green |
| Fall foliage | Blue-green |
| Winter foliage | No Value |
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Plant Lore
Spiraeas are known as bridalwreath because they bloom during the wedding season and have a long history of decorating those celebrations. |
Plant History
This large group of ornamental shrubs falls into the Rose family. It is named from the Greek speria or wreath due to long whip-like growth of the European species S. salicifolia that is easy to weave into wedding bouquets, garlands and wreaths. In Japan this species was identified first by Carl Thunberg as S. callosa and later introduced to the West about 1870. It is a strong pink flowered parent of the dwarf bumalda spiraea clan |
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