Alba offers spring-green foliage and crisp white inflorescences.This semi-deciduous shrub has erect shoots and a clump forming growth habit. Leaves are lance shaped, dark green, toothed, to 5 inches long. Flowers appear in flat clusters in early summer. This plant […]
Spiranthes cernua ( Spiranthes Orchid )
A terrestrial orchid with tuborous roots. Leaves form in basel rosettes. In fall, the unusual, spiral racemes produce 1/4 inch long flowers. Use terrestrial orchid potting mix and bright filtered light. Hardy species can be planted outdoors when dormant, in […]
Spiraea x billiardii ( Billiard Spirea )
Spiraea x billiardi is a hybrid between S.douglasii and S.salicifolia. It is an upright, suckering shrub. The flowers are beautiful, rose colored 4-8 inch panicles, summer blooming. Flowers turn brown so deadheading is recommended. Requires acid soil. The flowers are […]
Spiraea thunbergii ( Thunberg Spirea )
Spiraea thunbergii is a bushy shrub, with arching branches. Summer foliage is yellow-green, turns yellow-orange in fall. Small white flowers are borne in 3-5 flowered umbels, early spring blooming. Regular pruning is required to shape this shrub, best to prune […]
Spiraea sorbifolia ( Ural False Spirea )
Erect, deciduous shrub ideal for large shrub borders or for forming thickets. Pinnate leaves are borne on upright branches and made up of dark green leaflets. Arching, conical panicles of white flowers bloom in mid to late summer.
Spiraea nipponica ( Halward’s Silver Nippon Spiraea )
Spiraea nipponica Halward’s Silver is a shrub with a dense, upright, compact growing habit. Leaves are small, dark blue-green and flowers are white, cup-shaped, held in small yet showy, terminal corymbs, late spring blooming. Native to Japan.
Spiraea japonica ( Shirobana Japanese Spiraea )
Spiraea japonica Shirobana is a compact deciduous shrub with a clumping habit. Sharply toothed leaves are deep green on top, grayish-green below, lance-shaped, to 3 inches long, persistent into fall, and almost evergreen in warmer climates of the south. In […]
Spiraea japonica ( Ovalifolia Japanese Spiraea )
Spiraea japonica Ovalifolia is an upright deciduous shrub with a clumping habit. Sharply toothed leaves are deep green on top, grayish-green below, lance-shaped, to 5 inches long, persistent into fall, and almost evergreen in warmer climates of the south. In […]
Spiraea japonica ( Macrophylla Japanese Spiraea )
Spiraea japonica Macrophylla is an upright deciduous shrub with a clumping habit. Sharply toothed, enlarged leaves are deep green on top, grayish-green below, lance-shaped, to 5 inches long. Foliage turns bronzy-red in fall. In summer, showy, dark rose-pink flowers are […]
Spiraea japonica ( Limemound Japanese Spiraea )
Spiraea japonica Limemound is an upright deciduous shrub with a clumping habit. Sharply toothed leaves are lime green, lance-shaped, to 5 inches long, and turn orangish-red in fall. In summer, showy, pink flowers are borne prolifically in upright, rounded corymbs […]
