Bridal Wreath Spirea Landscape
Japonica can be used throughout the landscape.
Bridal wreath spirea landscape. Low growing bumald spirea s. Bumalda and medium sized japanese spirea s. It is best suited for gardens in zones 5 9. Bridal wreath spirea becomes leggy and tall during the growing season leaving branches dangling and stretching beyond the garden site.
If you like white flowers use this to create a focal point in your garden. It also is a hearty old fashioned heirloom shrub and is often found growing in the northern hemisphere. It is a medium sized deciduous shrub that features sprays of little white flowers. After the blooms have faded you can prune the spirea to a.
7 5l 2 gal spirea bridal wreath an old time favourite. Easy to care for with little or no maintenance. The bridal wreath or spirea comes from the family rosaceae and from the cultivar plena. This fountain shaped shrub has arching branches displaying striking snow white flowers in late spring.
Nippon spirea spiraea nipponica. Vanhouttei the classic bridal wreath spirea grows up to 10 feet tall and 20 feet wide so give it plenty of elbow room. Bridal wreath spirea is commonly used in perennial garden or foundation plantings as hedges. It can commonly grow to be about 6 feet in height with a width of almost the same.
Even before its foliage appears bridal veil spirea much more commonly known as bridal wreath spirea spiraea prunifolia graces the early spring landscape with a profusion of white blossoms. One of the largest of the spirea species bridal wreath reaches 4 to 8 feet high and 6 to 8 feet wide and has loose arching branches that give it a fountain like effect. In fall the finely serrated green leaves turn shades of yellow red and orange. When planting this shrub one must allow plenty of space around it so that the effect of its cascading growth habit can be fully appreciated.
Masses of small white flower clusters cover the plant in the spring. There is an abundance of flowers during the spring and will put on another show in the fall when the leaves change colors.