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Spiraea
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Any of nearly 100 species of flowering shrubs in the genus Spirea (rose family), native to the northern temperate zone and commonly cultivated for their pleasing growth habit and attractive flower clusters. The most commonly grown, and possibly the most popular of all cultivated shrubs, is the Vanhouttei spirea, also called bridal wreath (a cross between S. cantoniensis and S. trilobata), which grows up to 6 ft (2 m) tall and has graceful arching branches that bear numerous white flowers in spring. Plants that resemble spirea are the shrubby false spireas (Sorbaria species, also rose family) and the perennial herbaceous spireas (Astilbe species, saxifrage family).

spiraea (esp US), spirea
any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea, having sprays of small white or pink flowers


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Some shrubs propagated in this manner are spirea, boxwood and azalea.
Do it this week ... Notebook by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Catalpas and privets and hawthorns and spirea bloom at parsnip time, and the number of fireflies grows in proportion to the flowers on the day lilies.
Poor Will's Countryside Almanack for early & middle spring of 2009 by Felker, W.L. / Countryside & Small Stock Journal
Here, centipede grass, multiple shade trees, and spots of forsythia and spirea provide a subtler but still spectacular garden show.
Living history: an antebellum Vicksburg home is surrounded by formal ... by Bozeman, Kelli / Mississippi Magazine
 
 
 
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