Botanical Name: Spiraea betulifolia
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Common Name: Birch-leaved Spirea  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Shrub

 

Height Range

1-3'

 

Flower Color

White

 

Flower Season

Summer, Intermittent

 

Leaf Color

Green, Blue Green, Red

 

Bark Color

Brown

 

Fruit Color

Brown

 

Fruit Season

Fall

Information by: Stephanie Duer
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  • Description

  • Notes

Birch-leaved spirea is a deciduous, low-growing shrub usually under 2 feet tall and wide, though, due to its rhizomatous nature, in time will spread out wider. New wood is purplish-brown and upright. Leaves are bluish-green to green, with oval leaf margins coarsely toothed near the tip of the leaf. Flowers are a dense flat to round topped, comprised of many small off-white flowers, appearing fluffy from the long stamens. Blooms between May and August and are followed by small, inconsequential seeds fruit, though the birds enjoy them.