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Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Spiraea vanhouttei in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Spiraea vanhouttei, Zabel (S. cantoniensis x S. trilobata. S. aquilegifolia var. Vanhouttei, Briot). Fig. 3664. Shrub, 6 ft. high, with arching branches: lvs. rhombic-ovate or rhombic-obovate, rounded or somewhat narrowed at the base, acute, incised-serrate, dark green above, pale bluish green beneath, 3/4 – 1 3/4 in. long: fls. white, 1/3 in. across, in many-fld. umbels; petals twice as long as stamens; sepals upright or spreading in fr. May, June. Of garden origin. Gn. 53, p. 251; 71, p. 334. Gn.M. 1:116; 3:131. G.27:94. F.R. 10:133. F.E. 14:389; 17:673; 31:600. C.L.A. 4:210. G.F. 2:317. Gng. 5:210. A.G. 15:297. P.G. 3:173. M.D.G. 1900:17.—This is one of the most beautiful, or perhaps the most beautiful, of the early-blooming spireas and quite hardy. Sometimes confounded with the foregoing, which is similar but smaller in every part and less showy. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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