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|genus=Spiraea
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|species=tomentosa
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|common_name=Hard hack, Steeplebush
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'''''Spiraea tomentosa''''', commonly known as the '''Steeplebush''', is a plant similar in characteristic to the Hardhack (''[[Spiraea douglasii|S. douglasii]]'').
Spiraea tomentosa grows to up to four feet high, and prefers moist to wet soil and full sun. It blooms in summer. Individual Steeplebush flowers are about 1/16 of an inch wide and are arranged in narrow, pyramid-shaped clusters that can be up to eight inches long. [[Butterfly|Butterflies]] and other nectar-feeding insects find the flowers highly attractive. The flowers are followed by small, dry, brown fruit.
The [[hardiness zone]] for this plant is listed as zones 4 to 6. It is found natively in the eastern [[United States]] and [[Canada]].
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Spiraea tomentosa, Linn. Hardhack. Steeplebush. Shrub, 4 ft. high, with upright, brown, tomentose branches: lvs. ovate to oblong-ovate, acute, unequally and often doubly serrate, densely yellowish or grayish-tomentose beneath, 1-2 1/2 in. long: fls. deep pink or purple, in narrow dense panicles, brownish tomentose and 3-8 in. long; stamens somewhat longer than the obovate petals; sepals reflexed: follicles pubescent, usually diverging. July-Sept. Nova Scotia to Ga., west to Man. and Kans. Var. alba, Rehd. (f. albiflora, Macbride). With white fls.—This species does not spread by suckers like most others of the section Spiraria. All the last-named species are valuable as late-blooming shrubs and decorative with their showy panicles of bright or deep pink fls. They appear at their best when planted in masses in the wilder parts of the park in low ground.
Spiraea tomentosa, Linn. Hardhack. Steeplebush. Shrub, 4 ft. high, with upright, brown, tomentose branches: lvs. ovate to oblong-ovate, acute, unequally and often doubly serrate, densely yellowish or grayish-tomentose beneath, 1-2 1/2 in. long: fls. deep pink or purple, in narrow dense panicles, brownish tomentose and 3-8 in. long; stamens somewhat longer than the obovate petals; sepals reflexed: follicles pubescent, usually diverging. July-Sept. Nova Scotia to Ga., west to Man. and Kans. B.B.(ed. 2) 2:245. Em. 2:485. Gn.M. 5:344. Var. alba, Rehd. (f. albiflora, Macbride). With white fls. F.E. 8:833. Gng. 5:149.—This species does not spread by suckers like most others of the section Spiraria. All the last-named species are valuable as late-blooming shrubs and decorative with their showy panicles of bright or deep pink fls. They appear at their best when planted in masses in the wilder parts of the park in low ground.
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<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
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