| Scientific Name: | Spiraea japonica 'Little Princess' |
| Common Name: | Little Princess spirea |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Mixed shrub border |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Lanceolate, Ovate, Double serrate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, Pink, Jun |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Follicle, Brown, Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves deep, dark green; corymbs of almost white to pale pink flowers. Winter ID: twigs slightly zigzag, reddish-brown, round, smooth except for tiny ridges, upright; buds ovoid; leaf scar crescent to U-shaped, persistent fruit. | |