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Wedding Cake® Spirea Spiraea nipponica

Flower Season
  • Spring
Mature Size
3'6" 3'6" 1.1m 1.1m
Height: 3' - 3'6"
Spread: 3' - 3'6"
Height: 91cm - 1.1m
Spread: 91cm - 1.1m
  • 36 - 42 Inches
    36 - 42 Inches
    36 - 42 Inches
    91cm - 1.1m
    91cm - 1.1m
    91cm - 1.1m

    Features

    This variety is no longer available from Proven Winners®. Alternatives include: Steady Eddy®

    An improved version of the classic spring-blooming spirea.

    Every spring, landscapes everywhere are graced with romantic white-flowering spirea like this one. Wedding Cake® spirea, however, is a smaller, more compact plant than its old-fashioned cousins, making it perfectly suited to any sized yard. Neat, blue-green foliage sets off the pure white flower clusters, and the plant has a rounded, rather than arching, habit that reaches just 3-4' (.9-1.2 m) tall. Lovely as a specimen or hedge!

    Resists: 
    Deer
    Rabbits

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Shrub
    Shrub Type: 
    Deciduous
    Height Category: 
    Medium
    Garden Height: 
    36 - 42 Inches 91cm - 1.1m
    Spacing: 
    36 - 42 Inches 91cm - 1.1m
    Spread: 
    36 - 42 Inches 91cm - 1.1m
    Flower Colors: 
    White
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    Blue-green
    Habit: 
    Mounded
    Container Role: 
    Thriller

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Part Sun to Sun
    Light Requirement: 
    Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Blooms On: 
    Old Wood
    Bloom Time: 
    Early Summer
    Bloom Time: 
    Late Spring
    Hardiness Zones: 
    4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Uses: 
    Border Plant
    Uses: 
    Cut Flower
    Uses: 
    Good for Screening
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses: 
    Mass Planting
    Uses: 
    Specimen or Focal Point
    Maintenance Notes: 

    Little to no regular maintenance is required, aside from removing any dead wood each spring. If desired, trim or shape after blooming.

    Fun Facts: 

    Spirea are very tolerant of difficult conditions, including pollution, and make a great choice for urban gardeners.

    Wedding Cake® Spiraea nipponica 'SMNSNFD' USPP 28,096, Can 5,941
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