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    SPIRAEA
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    SPIRAEA

    A useful, easily-grown, attractive shrub in many forms and colours.

    Genus of about 80 species of deciduous or semi-evergreen shrubs found in rocky places, thickets, woodland, at woodland margins and on riverbanks in northern temperate regions of Europe, Asia, North America and Mexico.

    S. salicifolia has become naturalised in the British Isles.

    Full Plant Details - Sun/Soil & other attributes - Click to close
    • Good to know
      Grown for colourful small flowers borne profusely in spring or summer. Varieties for rock garden, ground cover or informal hedging. Wildlife plant - insects.
    • Place of origin
      Northern temperate regions of Europe, North America, Mexico.
    • Resistant to honey fungus
      These plants have little or few problems with honey fungus.
    • Deciduous
    • Semi-evergreen
      Keeps some of its foliage all year, and will drop some leaves as well.
    • Dwarf shrub
      Typically only grows to a maximum of one or two feet in height but there will be some exceptions.
    • Medium shrub
      Typically grow to around 4-6 feet in height
    • Tall Shrub
    • Butterfly friendly
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    Varieties
    SPIRAEA 'Arguta'
    White
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £14.50
    SPIRAEA betulifolia 'Tor Gold'
    Birchleaf spiraea
    Startling light golden-yellow leaves. A most attractive new spiraea with the added bonus of wonderful autumn foliage
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £14.50 £11.60
    SPIRAEA cinerea 'Grefsheim'
    Abundant small white flowers in dense clusters all along the branches
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £14.50
    SPIRAEA japonica 'Anthony Waterer'
    Japanese spiraea
    New growth tinged purple. Leaves occasionally margined with cream and pink. Pink flowers.
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £14.50
    SPIRAEA japonica 'Goldflame'
    Japanese spiraea
    Bright gold variegated foliage, pink flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £14.50
    SPIRAEA japonica 'Little Princess'
    Japanese spiraea
    Dwarf pink flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £14.50 £11.60
    SPIRAEA japonica 'Magic Carpet'
    Dwarf and compact habit. Bright golden foliage with red new growth and pink flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £14.50
    SPIRAEA japonica 'Shirobana'
    Japanese spiraea
    White and deep pink flowers on the same branches
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £14.50
    SPIRAEA japonica 'White Gold'
    Japanese spiraea
    Golden young foliage, becomes green and then yellow again in autumn, white flowers.
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £14.50
    SPIRAEA nipponica 'Snowmound'
    Forms a dense mound, free-flowering in June, white
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £14.50
    SPIRAEA thunbergii
    Baby's breath spiraea
    Arching branches and slender leaves. Bowl-shaped white flowers
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £14.50
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