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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.
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.
Spiraea betulifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is native from Eastern Siberia to Korea and Northern and Central Japan. It is native from Eastern Siberia to Korea and Northern and Central Japan.
Spiraea chamaedryfolia is a shrub reaching a height of 1–1.5 metres (3 ft 3 in – 4 ft 11 in). Branchlets are brownish or red-brown. Leaves are simple, oblong or lance-shaped, toothed on the edges, 40–60 millimetres (1.6–2.4 in) long and 10–30 millimetres (0.39–1.18 in) wide, with a petiole of 4–7 mm.
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.
Easy to grow and low maintenance once established, spirea are a popular choice among home gardeners. For brilliant fall color, Tamony suggests looking to Butterscotch Baby spirea. "New growth ...
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.
It is a deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub that reaches a size of 1–2 m height, with many thin branches, arched, flexible and glabrous.The leaves are alternate, simple, small petiolate, with 2–6 cm long green lanceolate, elliptical-rhomboidal or slightly obovate lamina, with 3 nerves parallel from its base, irregularly crenate-dentate in its distal half.