Spiraea japonica 'Firelight'
Spiraea 'Firelight'
Spiraea plants are hardy, deciduous shrubs. They may be grown as specimen shrubs and also make attractive hedging plants. Varieties are either early flowering, producing the blooms on previous season's growth, or late flowering, blooming on the current season's growth. All spiraeas thrive in full sun but can tolerate light shade. 'Firelight' is a popular spiraea with its leaves which emerge from soft red buds to form dull red to bronze foliage, turning green in the summer and red-purple in autumn. It sports clusters of rosy pink flowers in the summer.
Contributed by @KRerica
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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
Spiraea 'Firelight'
Latin name
Spiraea japonica 'Firelight'
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
1.10 M
1.10 M
Spiraea japonica 'Firelight'
Spiraea plants are hardy, deciduous shrubs. They may be grown as specimen shrubs and also make attractive hedging plants. Varieties are either early flowering, producing the blooms on previous season's growth, or late flowering, blooming on the current season's growth. All spiraeas thrive in full sun but can tolerate light shade. 'Firelight' is a popular spiraea with its leaves which emerge from soft red buds to form dull red to bronze foliage, turning green in the summer and red-purple in autumn. It sports clusters of rosy pink flowers in the summer.
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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