'Gold Mound' is a very popular cultivar that is planted a lot in many conventional landscapes and sold by almost every conventional nursery. It is a hybrid between the Alpine Japanese Spirea x the 'Goldflame' Japanese-Bumald Spirea introduced to the trade by the W.H. Perron Company Ltd. in Quebec, Canada. Its main feature is the bright yellow foliage in spring. That foliage turns yellow-green when the true warmth and heat of summer come forth. It bears some small pink flower clusters. It develops a fair orangish-red fall color. I've never really liked it myself because it is one of those yellow-foliaged woody plants that make me think it has micronutrient deficiency and I want to treat it with chelated nutrients.

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