Horticulture 221
Identification Characteristics - Shrub List #4
J. E. Klett

ROSACEAE

Spiraea x vanhouttei - Vanhoutte Spirea

Leaves - Alternate, simple, toothed sometimes 3-lobed, rhombic ovate to rhombic obovate, dark green above, pale bluish green beneath.

Twigs - Glabrous, brown and almost hairless.

Growth Habit - Medium size shrub with many graceful arching branches.

Flowers - White, borne on 1-2 inches in diameter umbels, very showy.

Fruit - dry capsule.

  
 HABIT                                                                                                               FALL COLOR                                                                                              FLOWER