Spirea

Growth habit

Shrub

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

China

Location

Zucker Shrub Collection

Source of plant

Bailey Nurseries

Description

Low shrub similar to S. japonica but the young shoots nearly glabrous, sharply angular, purple-brown and glossy. Leaves obovate to oval-elliptic, 3-8 cm long, 1.5-3.5 cm wide, simple and coarsely dentate, usually pubescent on the venation, the petioles 5-10 mm long. Flowers light pink, held in dense, 6-7 cm wide umbellate panicles.

USDA Hardiness Zone

6