| Scientific Name: | Spiraea japonica 'Goldflame' ( syn. S. x bumalda ) |
| Common Name: | Goldflame spirea |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Twiggy |
| Form: | Mounded, Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Fall interest, Group or mass planting, Hedge row, Mixed shrub border, Spring interest, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Lanceolate, Ovate, Double serrate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, Pink, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Follicle, Brown, Aug-Sep, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, most 3-7cm ling x 1-3cm wide, margin serrate, start bronze-red, turn yellow-green in summer, yellow, red and orange in fall; corymbs of bright pink flowers, mainly Apr-May. Winter ID: twigs slightly zigzag, reddish-brown, round, smooth except for tiny ridges, upright; buds ovoid; leaf scar crescent to U-shaped, persistent fruit. | |