(Liste) Spirea Arguta Plant
Depending on variety spirea bushes grow from 2 to 6 feet 0 5 2 m tall.
Spirea arguta plant. Synonyms spiraea arguta spiraea arguta bridal wreath. Fully hardy gorgeous arching sprays of white flowers in mid and late spring and toothed bright green leaves. The leaves are simple and usually short stalked and are arranged in a spiralling alternate fashion. Flowers single white often distributed all the way to the end of unbranched arching shoots. Dwarf varieties can be grown in containers on a patio or balcony. Hybrid crossing between s. Spirea blooms consistently and profusely on new wood after some time the plant begins to look a bit bedraggled with few blooms.
Spiraea makes an easy to grow deciduous shrub with a vigorous and quick growing habit. Fertile moist well drained soil rate of growth. Average to fast flowering period. Spiraea plants are hardy deciduous leaved shrubs. Other common names bridal wreath foam of may. This type of spiraea japonica forms a dense mound 2 feet tall and 3 feet wide. Multiflora s.
Leaves alternate simple 2 3 cm long narrow 6 12 mm wide serrations lacking or only above the middle of the leaf light green. Spireas are also attractive additions to butterfly and cottage gardens. Spirea landscaping tips low growing mounded varieties work nicely in smaller gardens and can be used to form shrub borders groundcovers low. Spiraea arguta common name s. 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. April and may hardiness. The frothy appearance of spiraea arguta in bloom is a magical sight in mixed borders.
This variety of spiraea japonica grows into a 3 foot tall mound with deep rosy pink flowers in. Pruning spirea after a couple of years will rejuvenate the plant. Deciduous shrub 5 6 ft 1 5 1 8 m. Spirea bushes are available at most garden supply stores and greenhouses and should be planted during the spring or fall for best results. Spirea is a reliable blooming shrub that thrives in usda zones 5 9. Spiraea arguta bridal wreath position. In most species the leaves are lanceolate narrowly oval and about 2 5 to 10 centimetres 0 98 to 3 94 in long.
Arching sprays of tiny white flowers smother this spring flowering shrub each year.