| Scientific Name: | Spiraea x vanhouttei |
| Common Name: | bridal wreath spirea |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal, Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Mixed shrub border, Spring interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Pubescent, Ovate, Dentate, Incised |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Follicle, Brown, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, most obovate, course teeth towards apex half, may also be incised to form 3-5 lobes, 2-4.5cm long; flowers white, <1cm wide, showy. Winter ID: fine arching branches with brown fruit clusters; buds alternating, divergent, 1-2mm long. | |