Snowmound Spirea is a fast-growing deciduousshrubwith a mounded habit and gracefully spreading branches. Its ovaldark blue-green foliage emerges bright green and turns golden yellow infall. Flat-topped clusters of clear white flowers cover the plant in later spring to summer. Grows best withpartial sunin the Southand well-drained soils.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:Low Maintenance.Flowers on new growth, to prune as needed in winter or early spring. Potential issues include leaf spot, blight, root rot, powdery mildew, aphids, rollers, and scale.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings,Borders,Naturalized Areas,Wildlife Garden,Foundation Plantings, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS:Coneflower,Maiden Grass,Rose

IMAGES:Photoset byChristina Greengrass, (1)Snowmound Spirea, (2)Snowmound Spirea (Spiraea), (2)Chris Favero, Snowmound Spirea, (3)F. D. Richards,Spiraea nipponica ‘Snowmound’, 2018 photo, (4)miluz,Spirea nipponica ‘Snowmound’

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.