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Spiraea / s p aɪ ˈ r iː ə /, [1] sometimes spelled spirea in common names, and commonly known as meadowsweets or steeplebushes, is a genus of about 80 to 100 species [2] of shrubs in the family Rosaceae.
Deadheading flowers with many petals, such as roses, peonies, and camellias prevents them from littering. Deadheading can be done with finger and thumb or with pruning shears, knife, or scissors. [2] Ornamental plants that do not require deadheading are those that do not produce a lot of seed or tend to deadhead themselves.
Spiraea douglasii is a woolly shrub growing 0.91–1.83 metres (3–6 feet) tall from rhizomes, forming dense riverside thickets. [6] The leaves are 2.5–10.2 centimetres (1–4 inches) long and toothed towards the tips. They are alternately arranged, and the undersides are whitish with prominent veins.
Deadheading plants as soon as the blooms begin to fade will promote a second bloom.” This is also true for plants with leaves that you harvest for cooking and eating, like chives and basil.
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Spiraea tomentosa grows to up to four feet high and prefers moist to wet soil and full sun. It blooms in summer. It blooms in summer. Each tiny, pink flower is about 1/16 of an inch wide and arranged in narrow, pyramid-shaped flowerheads that grow up to eight inches long.
Sorbaria sorbifolia, the false spiraea, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. The common name is also spelled false spirea . Other common names include false goat's beard , sorb-leaved schizonotus , Ural false spirea , and in Chinese : 珍珠梅 ; pinyin : zhen zhu mei ; lit. 'pearl plum'.
Spiraea corymbosa f. lucida (Douglas ex Greene) Zabel Spiraea lucida , the shiny-leaf meadowsweet , is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae , native to western Canada as far as Saskatchewan, and the northwestern United States as far as the Dakotas.