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

ROSACEAE

Spiraea x bumalda - Bumald Spirea

Leaves - Alternate, simple, ovate-lanceolate sharply and doubly serrate, glabrous, and 1-3" long.

Twigs - Brown, glabrous and slightly angled in cross section.

Growth Habit - Low shrub with many markedly upright branches.

Flowers - White to deep pink, borne in flat-topped corymbs, on new growth.

Fruit - Dry brown follicle, no ornamental value. 

      
                HABIT                                                                      FLOWER                                                                       FRUIT
   
                         STEM                                                                                                               BUDS
Spiraea x bumalda 'Anthony Waterer' - Anthony Waterer Spirea
    
                HABIT                                                                   AS A HEDGE
Spiraea x bumalda 'Froebelii' - Froebel Spirea 
      
                HABIT                                                                    FALL COLOR                                                                   FLOWER


Spiraea x bumalda 'Gold Flame' - Gold Flame Spirea 

      
                           HABIT                                                                                                                   FALL COLOR                                                                              LEAF AND FLOWER