Spiraea tomentosa
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Habit | shrub
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Height: | ⇕ | 7 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 7. |
Width: | ⇔ | 7 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 7. |
Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
Bloom: | ❀ | early summer, mid summer, late summer |
Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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Features: | ✓ | flowers |
USDA Zones: | 4 to 10 | |
Flower features: | ❀ | red, pink |
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Spiraea tomentosa, commonly known as the Steeplebush, is a plant similar in characteristic to the Hardhack (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. 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.
ExpandRead about Spiraea tomentosa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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