Botanical Name: Spiraea nipponica 'Snow Mound'
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Common Name: Snowmound Spiraea  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

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

Information by: Stephanie Duer
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  • Description

  • Notes

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.