Plant: Reeve's - Spirea
Spirea · Spiraea cantoniensis
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
Reeves spirea is a fast growing shrub with slender, glabrous stems that arch in a fountain shape to about 4 to 6 feet tall and 3 to 5 feet wide. In spring the branches are lined with two inch dome shaped clusters of small white five petalled flowers. The dark green lanceolate leaves are serrate and can colour gold to red in the Upper South. It takes full sun to partial shade in clay, loam or organically rich soil with good drainage, tolerates drought, heat and salt, and is deer resistant. Prune after flowering, since bloom is carried on old wood.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 6 ft tall and 5 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-8
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
Reeves spirea is a fast growing shrub with slender, glabrous stems that arch in a fountain shape to about 4 to 6 feet tall and 3 to 5 feet wide. In spring the branches are lined with two inch dome shaped clusters of small white five petalled flowers. The dark green lanceolate leaves are serrate and can colour gold to red in the Upper South. It takes full sun to partial shade in clay, loam or organically rich soil with good drainage, tolerates drought, heat and salt, and is deer resistant. Prune after flowering, since bloom is carried on old wood.
- Flowers
- Individual flowers are about one third of an inch across with five petals, carried in two inch dome shaped pompom clusters that line the arching stems in spring; white to faintly pinkish.
- Bark & stems
- Slender, glabrous, arching stems that renew from the base of the plant.
- Pruning
- Blooms on old wood; prune immediately after flowering if needed.
- Native range
- Southeast China
