Bridal Wreath Spirea Companion Plants
However the old fashioned varieties can take a lot of space and look best when not pruned.
Bridal wreath spirea companion plants. The foliage of small elliptic to ovate finely toothed shiny dark green leaves warms up to. Dividing bridal wreath spirea. Dig up the plant carefully digging at least 12 inches from its base. In early to mid spring a profusion of double white flowers held in clusters of 3 6 blossoms appear along the naked branches. Noted for its gorgeous spring blooms and brilliant fall color spiraea prunifolia bridal wreath is an upright clumping deciduous shrub with gracefully arching branches. Perhaps the most popular types of spirea are triumphans spiraea billardii a magnificent summer blooming shrub with dark pink blossoms and bridal wreath spiraea spiraea prunifolia. 4 to 8 feet high 4 to 8 feet wide.
Genus spiraea are deciduous shrubs sometimes suckering with simple leaves and short racemes panicles or corymbs of small 5 petalled white or pink flowers in spring or summer. Some facts of bridal wreath spirea. Bridal wreath spirea popcorn spirea bridal wreath spirea shoe button spirea or just bridal wreath. It s best to divide bridal wreath spirea in the late summer or fall when it s finished blooming. Most spireas bloom in late spring to midsummer. The bridal wreath or spirea comes from the family rosaceae and from the cultivar plena. Some of the old fashioned varieties of spirea such as bridal wreath with its timeless elegance and delicate cascading branches covered in frothy white blooms have been around for decades.
Preferred usda hardiness zones. How to grow and care for bridal wreath spirea. Bridal wreath grows to 5 6 feet 1 5 2 m tall and can make great hedge plants with their romantic white flowers. The creeping juniper can also be planted in the background to make it more attractive. It can commonly grow to be about 6 feet in height with a width of almost the same. Best companion plants for spirea creepig juniper spireas which are light in color like pink or yellow look best when placed amongst dark foliage companion plants like creepig juniper. Other common names bridal wreath foam of may.
Spirea bridal wreath bridal veil spirea. Bridal wreath spirea among the easiest flowering shrubs to grow spireas are often used in foundation plantings as hedges and in perennial gardens.