It’s the Year of the Spirea, as designated by The National Garden Bureau, and The Garden Guy could not be happier. There is a spirea that is a landscape asset from spring through dormancy, bu… ...

NAME: Bridal wreath and spirea are common names for several white-flowering shrubs, especially Spiraea prunifolia, Spiraea cantoniensis and hybrid Spiraea vanhouttei.

The spirea is a member of the rose family. ... The 8-foot tall Bridal Wreath spirea, Spirea prunifolium, ... the leaves emerge from winter dormancy in March as if they were on fire.

Unlike their cousin the Bridal Veil, who tends to grow very large -- well over 6-feet high and wide -- this later-blooming group of Spirea is a tad more reserved in its growth depending on the ...

If you grew up in the 1950s and early ’60s like me, your parents’ yard probably featured at least one bridal wreath spirea — we had several in the foundation planting in our front yard. In ...

Bridal wreath spirea (Spirea prunifolia ‘Plena’) produces clusters of double, pure white flowers. And it is no more invasive than all the azaleas you have seen blooming recently in local ...

And, Vanhoutte, or Bridal Wreath, (Spiraea x vanhouttei) are known for their vase-shaped habit, flowing, arching branches and cascading showy spring blooms.

Bridal wreath spirea does set some flower buds farther down the stem, but nonetheless you'll significantly reduce your flowers for the coming spring. The way to prune these plants is not from the ...

I've put it off far too long. I'm going to do it. I think. If I can bear it. I have two very old bridal wreath spireas in my front yard, probably not as old as my home, which is 98, but darned ...

Old-fashioned shrubs need love, too. Lilacs and bridal-wreath spireas have been around for a century, but neither are native to the Americas. Spirea and some lilacs are natives of China. Lilacs ...

Early-blooming shrubs and trees include azaleas, bridal wreath (spirea), ever-blooming roses, forsythia, Japanese magnolias, redbud trees, Taiwan cherry and viburnum.