Difference between revisions of "Spiraea alba"

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Plant Characteristics
Habit		shrub
Height:	⇕	5 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 5.
Width:	⇔	5 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 5.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early summer, mid summer, late summer

Scientific Names
Rosaceae >	Spiraea >	alba >

Plant Characteristics
Origin:	✈	?

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Water:	◍	?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property.

Scientific Names

Read about Spiraea alba in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Spiraea alba, Dur. (S. salicifolia var. paniculata, Ait. S. lanceolata, Borkh.). Queen Of The Meadow. Meadow-Sweet. Attractive upright shrub, attaining 6 ft., with reddish brown branches puberulous when young: lvs. narrow, oblong to oblanceolate, acute, usually regularly simply serrate, l 1/2 – 2 1/2 in. long: fls. white, in leafy pyramidal tomentulose panicles, the lower spreading ramifications much longer than their supporting lvs.; stamens white, usually as long as petals: follicles quite glabrous. June-Aug. From N. Y. west to Mo., south to Ga. and Miss. B.B. (ed.2)2:245. —Also known as S. salicifolia. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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