| Scientific Name: | Spiraea trilobata |
| Common Name: | three lobe spirea |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Twiggy, Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract butterflies, Hedge row, Mixed shrub border, Spring interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Orbicular, Ovate, Double serrate, Pinnately lobed |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, May |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Follicle, Dark-red, Brown, Jun-Jul, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, broadly ovate-orbicular, most blades 2-4cm long x 2-3cm wide, dark bluish-green, coarsely toothed, most 3-lobed (distinct lobes not always very obvious); flowers ~8mm wide, 5 white petals, in corymb-like cymes, May. Winter ID: twigs round, slightly ridged; buds opposite, ovoid; leaf scars raised, V-shaped; persistent fruit. | |