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Van Houtte Spiraea |
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Spiraea |
Spiraea cantoniensis 'Vanhouttei' |
Plant Habit: | Shrub |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Water Preferences: | Mesic |
Soil pH Preferences: | Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) |
Plant Height: | 5 to 8 feet, even to 10 feet |
Plant Spread: | 6 to 7 feet |
Leaves: | Deciduous |
Flowers: | Showy Blooms on old wood |
Flower Color: | White |
Flower Time: | Spring |
Uses: | Cut Flower |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Butterflies |
Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Stem |
Pollinators: | Bees |
Parentage: | Spiraea cantoniensis x Spiraea trilobata |
Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Feb 8, 2018 10:09 AM This is an old-fashioned plant that was planted a lot around the foundations of old houses in the late 1800's and the first half of the 20th century, as was Common Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus). It is a hybrid between two Chinese species of similar spireas made about 1862. Most every conventional nursery has gone to selling a few newer cultivars of similar spirea species and hybrids instead since the 1990's. This is one of the classic "Bridalwreaths" still offered by some mail order nurseries. I have seen a few still around, especially close to old houses in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic Regions of the US. I believe this hybrid is sterile and does not bear seed, and does not ever become one of the invasive Eurasian plants that escape cultivation, as I have never seen seedlings around. Later in autumn it gets a nice orange fall color with some yellow, red, and purple tones. Like other spireas it has a shallow, fibrous root system. It does get very twiggy that shows up in winter and it can be heavily or drastically renew pruned right after it blooms. [ Reply to this comment | |
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