Spiraea douglasii

Plant Characteristics

Habit		shrub
Height:	⇕	6 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.
Width:	⇔	6 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early summer, mid summer, late summer

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun
Features:	✓	flowers
USDA Zones:		4 to 10
Flower features:	❀	red, pink

Scientific Names

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Spiraea douglasii, commonly known as Hardhack Steeplebush, is a shrub of the Spiraea family. It is found in northwestern United States, Canada, and southern Alaska, east to Alberta and Idaho. Large clusters of small pink flowers form spires in early summer, later turning dark and persisting. The leaves are toothed toward the tips. Undersides are whitish with prominent veins. Hardhack grows best in sunny moist places where it forms tall thickets of wiry stems.

Preferred Soil: Wet Soil, Moist Soil
Preferred Sun: Full Sun, Partial Shade
Growing speed: Moderate
Reproduction: Yes, runners
Size of plant: Shrub
Leaves: Deciduous
Blooming: Yes, Spring

Read about Spiraea douglasii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Spiraea douglasii, Hook. Shrub, 8 ft. high, with reddish brown, tomentose branches: lvs, oblong to narrow-oblong, rounded or acutish at both ends, unequally serrate above the middle, densely white-tomentose beneath, 1 1/2 - 4 in. long: fls. deep pink, in dense, rather narrow or sometimes broad panicles, 4-8 in. long; stamens twice as long as the obovate petals; sepals reflexed in fr.: follicles glabrous. July, Aug. Brit. Col. to Calif. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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