Bumald Spirea (Spiraea x bumalda) - Selecting Shrubs for Your Home

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Bumald Spirea
Spiraea x bumalda

3 pictures total.

Bumald Spirea flowers

Size:

Small

Medium

Large

Exposure/ Light Requirements:

Full Shade

Full Sun

Partial Sun/Shade

Pests and Problems:

Environmental Damage

Fungal Disease

Herbicide Injury

A number of problems are common on this species including: leaf spots, powdery mildew, scale and aphids.

Hardiness Zone:	4 - 8
Mature Height:	2-3 Feet
Mature Width:	3-5 Feet
Features:	Clusters of white, light pink or dark pink flowers in early to mid-summer; foliage of some cultivars exhibit color in spring and summer; autumn color bronze to purplish.
Culture:	Full sun; moist, well-drained soils are best, but tolerates dry sites; tolerates neutral soil pH (highly alkaline soils may lead to chlorosis).
Cultivars:	'Anthony Waterer' - 3-4 feet tall, carmine pink flowers, young foliage is reddish changing to blue green, autumn color may be russet red 'Coccinea' - Deep, carmine red flowers 'Fire Light' - 2-3 feet tall, pink flowers, new foliage emerges orange and maintains some of that color in summer, autumn color is red 'Froebelii' - 3-31/2 feet tall, bright pink flowers, new growth emerges with red tones 'Goldflame' - From spring into summer leaves change from bronzy red to yellow to yellow green to green, flowers are pink
Mature Form:	Broad mounded
Native To:	Of hybrid origin
Soil Conditions:	Dry Moist, Well-Drained Wet
Tolerance:	Alkaline Soil Dry Sites Salt Soil Compaction Wet Sites Wind
Uses:	Barrier Border Foundation Hedge Massing Naturalizing Screen Specimen
Foliage Color:	Green Red Yellow
Fall Foliage Color:	Purple Red
Additional Notes:	Spiraea japonica is one of the parent plants of Spiraea x bumalda. Some of the cultivars noted may be found sold as cultivars of both species.