Japanese spirea
Several cultivars from Spiraea japonica are grown as garden plants. These are upright shrubs growing two to six feet tall. They bloom in summer.
Japanese spirea covers itself in fuzzy flowers in early summer.
The cultivar 'Gold Mound' is a popular cultivar with very attractive yellow-green foliage.
Description
Japanese spirea is an erect, multi-stemmed deciduous shrub that gets 2-6 ft (0.
Japanese spirea has been cultivated in America since the 1870s. It is native of Japan, Korea, & China, but has naturalized throughout much of the midwest & eastern United States, & in England.
Japanese spirea (S. japonica) is an upright shrubby spirea to 4 to 6 feet tall, with sharply toothed, oval, green leaves and flat clusters of pink flowers.
Japanese Spirea occurs in various forms, due to the availability of varieties, hybrids with other species, and cultivars.
Low-growing bumald spirea (S. bumalda) and medium-sized Japanese spirea (S. japonica) can be used throughout the landscape.
Spiraea japonica 'Alpina'
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Spiraea japonica [Japanese Spirea] Common Name List
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Japanese spirea Spiraea japonica
Japanese spurge; Japanese pachysandra Pachysandra terminalis
Japanese stilt grass; Nepalese browntop Microstegium vimineum
Japanese wisteria Wisteria floribunda
Japanese yew Taxus cuspidata ...
 See also: Spirea, Japonica, Spiraea, Pink, May
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