| Description | A new compact improvement of the ever popular Goldflame Spirea. |
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| Pronunciation | (spy-REE-ah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | flat top pink flowers. |
| Leaves | new shoots in the spring are orange red to reddish changing to yellow-gold at maturity |
| Dimensions | Reported to reach 24" tall by 36" spread. Space 30-36" on center. |
| Maintenance | Most all of the Spirea x bumalda and japonica group needs to be pruned back on a 1-3 year cycle. If not they will become scraggly, and flower production will decrease. There are two good methods of pruning these. First is cutting the shrub a few inches from the ground. This is a good no brainier method and the plant will quickly recover with fresh, new growth. This method will set the flowering back, since the shrub has to totally regrow. Another method is using pruning shears, cut the shrub back about ½ in a shape that will resemble the natural form of the shrub and remove the old gnarly stems from the shrub. Flowering isn't delayed as long as in the previous method. The earlier in the spring this is done, the sooner the plant will flower. One of my clients has me prune back these shrubs each year, since she likes the fresh, new growth of the shrub. Removal of the dead flower heads can result in a minor re bloom. |
| Propagation | US Plant Patent #9,363 |
| Cultivar Origin | cross between S. japonica ‘Alpina’ and S. japonica ‘Goldflame’ |
| Author's Notes | After growing this plant in the landscape for a few years, it has proven to be more compact and hold the foliage color better than Gold Flame Spirea. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants |
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