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| Scientific Name: | Spiraea nipponica | Form: |
Vase
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| Common Name: | snowmound spirea | Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae | Habit: |
Arching,
Upright,
Spreading
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| Plant Type: |
Shrub - deciduous
| Mature Size (ht. X w.): | 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.0 - 1.5m |
| Origin: |
Garden origin,
S.E. Asia / Japan / China
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 C) |
| Leaves: |
Simple,
Alternate,
Soft flexible,
Glabrous,
Obovate,
Serrate
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| Flowers: |
Cyme,
(Floriferous),
(Corymb-like),
White,
May-
Jun
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| Fruit: |
Follicle,
Aggregate fruit,
Green,
Brown,
Jul-
Aug,
(Persistent)
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| Exposure: |
Full sun,
Part sun/part shade
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| Soil or Media: |
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| Landscape Uses: |
Mixed shrub border,
Spring interest
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| Key ID Features: | Leaves obovate, most 3-5 cm long with a few teeth near tip; flowers white in mass along branches, May-June. |
