Plant Type

Shrub

 

Height Range

3-6'

 

Flower Color

White

 

Flower Season

Spring

 

Leaf Color

Blue Green

 

Bark Color

Brown

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Sun

Full, Half

 

Water

Medium

 

Growth Rate

Moderate

 

Soil Type

Clay, Loam

 

Soil Condition

Average, Rich, Well-drained

 

Soil pH

Neutral, Basic

 

Adverse Factors

n/a

Design Styles

English Cottage, Formal, Japanese, Meadow, Mediterranean, Ranch, Spanish

 

Accenting Features

Showy Flowers

 

Seasonal Interest

Spring

 

Location Uses

Background, Shrub Border, Foundation, Patio, Raised Planter, Walls / Fences

 

Special Uses

Cut Flowers, Hedge, Screen, Small Spaces

 

Attracts Wildlife

n/a

This spring-blooming spirea has a dense, upright, mounded habit, and typically grows to 3 to 5 feet tall and wide. A profuse of white flowers cover the arching stems in late spring. Leaves emerge after flowering, and are a soft blue-green. Flowers and leaves all appear on the same side of the arching branches. Flowers are attractive to butterflies. Use in the shrub or foundation border, as a hedge or along fences. Flowering stems are lovely in vases.

Grow in well drained soil and full sun to dappled shade. Will tolerate a variety of soils, as long as they are well drained, though it does perform best in loamy soils. Provide regular watering during the hottest part of the summer. Blooms on the previous years wood, so if you want to prune it, do so immediately after flowering. Pruning selectively or to renovate maintains its form to the best advantage; avoid shearing as it makes it dense and twiggy, with no graceful arching (see Guides).