Spiraea Alba
Meadowsweet
Meadowsweet has deciduous foliage which is yellow-green, turning golden-yellow in autumn. The white and sometimes pink fragrant flowers grow in spike-like clusters at the ends of the branches, blooming from early summer and are attractive to flying insects.
Contributed by @glennboy
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Free draining and fertile
Common name
Meadowsweet
Latin name
Spiraea Alba
type
Deciduous Shrub
family
Rosaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Free draining and fertile
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
1.50 M
2.50 M
Spiraea Alba
Meadowsweet has deciduous foliage which is yellow-green, turning golden-yellow in autumn. The white and sometimes pink fragrant flowers grow in spike-like clusters at the ends of the branches, blooming from early summer and are attractive to flying insects.
Planting young plants
From Late Autumn TO Early Spring
Plant young plants in any fertile, moist but well-drained soil in full sun or light, partial shade, between late autumn and early spring. The new plants should be kept moist while they are getting established. A shovel full of well rotted compost in the planting hole will help the shrub establish and aid water retention.
Propagation by cuttings
From Late Autumn TO Early Winter
Spiraea is best propagated by hardwood cuttings taken when the shrub is in the dormant period - late autumn after the first hard frost or early winter, or in early spring. Take 10 - 20cm cuttings from the upper area of the shrubs. Slant the cut below a node with a clean, sharp knife, wrap in plastic or heavy paper with lightly moistened peat moss and store in a cool place until spring when they can be set in the soil with the top up and at an angle of 45 to 60 degrees. They should be buried to within 1 inch of the tip.
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