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Spiraea bumalda 'Magic Carpet'
Magic Carpet Spiraea
A tidy, compact shrub with an incredible array of colors throughout the season. Foliate emerges a deep reddish pink then turns to golden orange and finally bright yellow green.

 


Spiraea x bumalda
Bumald Spirea
Rosaceae
Leaves alternate, ovate to lanceolate, with serrated margins
leaves dark blue-green (may be yellow/orange to light green on cultivars)
buds small, brown, imbricate, appressed to stem ...

Spiraea x vanhouttei
Vanhoutte Spiraea, Vanhoutte Bridalwreath, Bridal Wreath ...

Spiraea Astilboides
Spiraea Astilboides - A moisture-loving plant of unusual merit, happiest on the banks of a stream or pond. It is quite distinct, the inflorescence much branched, and the flowers of a creamy white closely packed on the stems.

Spiraea
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(spr´), any plant of the genus Spiraea, Northern Hemisphere deciduous shrubs of the family Rosaceae (rose family). Most are indigenous to central and E Asia, whence come most of the popular ornamental species, e.

Spiraea japonica
( 'Glowing Globe' Japanese Spiraea )
Spiraea japonica Glowing Globe is a rounded, compact deciduous shrub with a mounding habit.

Spiraea × arguta Rosaceae
Garland Spirea sp-i-REE-a X ar-GU-ta
Deciduous shrub, 5-6 ft (1.5-1.8 m); spreading, arching. Leaves alternate, simple, 2-3 cm long, narrow (6-12 mm wide), serrations lacking or only above the middle of the leaf, light green.

Spiraea cantoniensis
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Double Bridal Wreath Spirea
Description
Double Bridal Wreath Spirea is a deciduous shrub further north and an evergreen in the south. This Spirea has an upright growth habit with arching branches with dark blue green foliage.

Spiraea prunifolia. BRIDALWREATH. China
ROSACEAE (rose family)
Erect shrub with arched branches. Leaves ovate-elliptic to 1.5 in long, incised-serrate in upper half, sometimes lobed; flowers small and white, in umbels. Planted at Raines Houses.

No range map exists for this species. See a map of the states in which Spiraea alba var. latifolia can be found (opens a new window).
USDA Plants Database
Spiraea alba var. latifolia is native to North America.

Spiraea japonica L. f.
NATIVE RANGE: Japan, Korea and China
DESCRIPTION: Japanese spiraea, also called Japanese meadowsweet, is a perennial, deciduous shrub in the rose family (Rosaceae), ...

Spiraea betulifolia Pall. Shiny-leaf Spiraea or Spirea Rosaceae Rose
Family ...

Spiraea japonica Article Citation Search - AGRICOLA Database
USDA. National Agricultural Library.
Research
Spiraea japonica - Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
USDA. ARS. National Genetic Resources Program.
Taxonomy; Legal Aspects ...

Spiraeas generally need their old wood cut back to refresh them. With this one, this Spring (2002) starts its third year in the ground without pruning, & it still bloomed well on every branch.

#245 Spiraea cantoniensis
Common Names: Reeves' spirea, double bridal wreath, double Reeves
Family: Rosaceae (rose Family)
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Ural false spiraea is not particularly common in Connecticut, but where it grows it can form large, dense thickets.
Leaf of Ural false spiraea. The ruler shows inches.

Genus: Spiraea
Description
General: shrub, mostly 25-60 cm tall, hairless or almost
so, from strong rhizomes.
Leaves: alternate, ovate-oblong or obovate, usually 2-7
cm long, rather coarsely (usually doubly) sharp-toothed ...

Vanhoutte Spiraea
Latin: Spiraea x vanhouttei
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Caryopteris × clandonensis vernac. Blue mist shrub , Blue spiraea , Bluebeard
Upton House, Warwickshire, 5 September
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Common Bluebeard, Blue Spiraea
Scientific Name: Caryopteris incana (Thunb. ex Houtt.) Miq.
Synonym:
Family: Verbenaceae ...

Spiraea Subfamily
Spirea betulifolia. Birch Leaf Spiraea.
Spiraea betulifolia. Birch Leaf Spirea. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.

Spiraea - Spirea Trees and Shrubs
Spiraea nipponica - Nippon Spiraea; Snowmound
Rubiaceae: The Madder Family
Caffea - Coffee Trees
Caffea arabica - Coffee; Ethiopian Coffee ...

Spiraea japonica 'Alpina'
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Hardiness Zones:
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Spiraea cinerea 'Grefsheim' : Grefsheim Spirea - Whole Plant
Spiraea japonica : Japanese Spirea - Whole Plant
Spiraea japonica 'Shirobana' : Shirobana Japanese Spirea - Whole Plant ...

Spireas (Spiraea species) are among the easiest flowering shrubs to grow.

(Spiraea cvs.)
This shrub family is blessed with many small cultivars, including S. japonica 'Anthony Waterer' (1 m tall) with rosy flowers, S. j. 'Little Princess' (60 cm tall) with lighter pink flowers, and S. j.

Steeplebush
(Spiraea tomentosa LINN.)
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Hardhack ...

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Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria, Spiraea ulmaria)
Medlar (Mespilus germanica)
Metake, arrow bamboo (Arundinaria japonica, Bambusa metake)
Mexican orange blossom (Choisya ternata)
Mexican sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia)
Mezereon (Daphne mezereum) ...

Gillenia - Spiraea trifoliata
Ginebro - Juniperus communis
Ginesta - Retama sphaerocarpa
Ginestera - Spartium junceum
Ginkgo - Ginkgo biloba
Ginseng - Panax ginseng
Ginseng norteamericano - Panax quinquefolius ...

Sassafras albidum Sassafras Schizophragma hydrangeoides Japanese Hydrangea-vine Sciadopitys verticillata Japanese Umbrella-pine Skimmia japonica Skimmia Skimmia japonica 'Nana' Dwarf Japanese Skimmia Sophora japonica Japanese Pagodatree Spiraea ...

Shrubs: kalmia (Kalmia spp.), spiraea (Spiraea spp.), blueberries (Vaccinium spp.), viburnum (Viburnum spp.) ...

When they remain separate and distinct, thus showing at once the composition of the pistil, as in Caltha, Ranunculus, hellebore (fig. 86), and Spiraea, the term apocarpous is applied.

Spiraea (billardii & douglasii only)
Spiraea Snowmound, Arguta, Goldflame, Vanhoutei etc (Early summer flowering types)
Syringa - will tolerate hard renovation pruning also - if required.
St Johns Wort - Hypericum.

From a garden standpoint there are two very distinct groups of spiraea, one which makes rounded or shuttlecock-shaped bushes from a compact stool, the other which makes a thicket of erect stems spreading ever wider by suckers.

Synonyms and Common names: Spiraea ulmaria (L.), Bridewort, meadow queen, meadow-wort, pride of the meadow, queen of the meadow, lady of the meadow, dollof, meadsweet
French = Ulmaire, Spanish and Italian = Ulmaria
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(Nuttall's words as quoted in Intermountain Flora.) Nuttall named the plant Spiraea caespitosa in 1840; Per Axel Rydberg realized that the plant is not a Spiraea and he renamed it Petrophyton caespitosum in 1900.

1. 'Whitespire' birch (zones 4-9); 2. 'Goldflame' spiraea (3-8); 3. Sargent juniper (3-9); 4. 'Summer Snowflake' viburnum (4-7); 5. 'Seagreen' juniper (3-9); 6. 'Emerald'n Gold' winter creeper(5-8); 7. Compact peegee hydrangea(3-8) ...

Field Office Guide to Plant Species
Steeple-bush
Spiraea tomentosa L.

Examples: Buddleja davidii, Caryopteris, Fuchsia, Perovskia, Spiraea japonica ...

Betula pumila, Calpogon tuberosus, Chamaedaphne calyculata angustifolia, Dryopteris thelypteris pubescens, Hypericum virginicum, Larix laricina, Osmunda regalis spectabilis, Rhus vernix, Spiraea tomentosa rosea, Vaccinium corymbosum, ...

Andorra Juniper (Juniperus horizontalis 'Plumosa')
Japgarden Juniper (Juniperus procumbens)
* Dwarf Nandina (Nandina domestica 'Atropurpurea Nana')
Bumald Spirea (Spiraea x bumalda)
Mugo Pine (Pinus mugo)
Yucca (Yucca filamentosa) ...

Most hardy spring-flowering shrubs, incidentally, have the habit of flowering on buds developed the previous season, so you can set aside a day for pruning not only the lilacs but also white spiraea, forsythia, mock orange (Philadelphus), ...

Southern Wood-rush, Spanish Catchfly, Spear Mint, Spear Thistle, Spear-leaved Orache, Spear-leaved Willowherb, Spignel, Spiked Rampion, Spiked Sedge, Spiked Speedwell, Spiked Water Milfoil, Spiked Wood-rush, Spindle-tree, Spiny Rest-harrow, Spiraea, ...

See also: Green, May, Spirea, Japonica, Pink