Spiraea prunifolia 'Bridal Wreath' Web Specials

Spiraea prunifolia 'Bridal Wreath' Web SpecialsThis older variety of Spirea has been in gardens for generations. The loose and open growing shrub will be 4 8 ft tall and 6 8 ft wide over time. Showy, double white flowers cover the plant in mid spring. The fall foliage is yellow to bronzy purple. Deciduous. Hardy to zone 4.

this steely-blue cultivar grows slowly at first

'Fuji Waterfall'

in Japanese

Leonard Savella

then in late summer the color shifts to a vibrant crimson-red before dropping in the late fall

but will stay more compact if such a leader is pruned out

After a few years

The fragrant blooms are pea-like

but will perform in filtered light

Hardy in zones 9 and 10

Dawn redwoods once blanketed the entire Northern Hemisphere and were thought to have been extinct for millions of years until their rediscovery in 1941 by a Chinese forester in a remote corner of the Sichuan (at the time

The long blooming cultivar may be one of the longest flowering of all the Erica cultivars