Spiraea hypericifolia

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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 spring, mid spring, late spring
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Exposure: sun
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 5 to 9
Flower features: white
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Read about Spiraea hypericifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Spiraea hypericifolia, Linn. Vigorous shrub, 5 ft. high, with slender arching or upright branches: lvs. almost sessile, cuneate-obovate to obovate-lanceolate, 3-nerved or with few lateral veins, almost glabrous, 3/4 – 1 1/2 in. long: fls. small, white, in sessile umbels; pedicels usually pubescent; petals almost orbicular, usually longer than stamens. April, May. S. E. Eu. to Siberia. —Variable species. Var. acuta, Ser. (S. acutifolia, Willd.). Lvs. narrower, oblanceolate: fls. smaller, yellowish white; pedicels glabrous; petals obovate, shorter than stamens: fls. somewhat earlier, but less showy. Var. flabellata, Zabel (S. flabellata, Bertol. S. hypericifolia var. crenata, Boiss. & Buhse). Lvs. obovate to obovate-lanceolate, acute, incisely serrate at the apex or entire on the flowering branches. Var. obovata, Maxim. (S. obovata, Waldst. & Kit.). Lvs. obovate, rounded at the apex, crenate above the middle. S. E. Eu. Var. truncata, Zabel (S. thalictroides, Hort., not Pall.). Lvs. broadly obovate to oblong-obovate, truncate and crenately dentate at the apex. Siberia. CH


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