| Scientific Name: | Spiraea nipponica |
| Common Name: | snowmound 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 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Mixed shrub border, Spring interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Obovate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Follicle, Green, Brown, Jul-Aug, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, most elliptic-obovate, 3-5cm long, margin serrate towards the rounded apex; flowers white in mass along branches, May-June. | |