Common names:
Japanese Spirea
Japanese Meadowsweet
Maybush

Also sold as:
  • Gold Mound

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Other
Sun Requirements: Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8a
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Needled
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Lavender
Flower Time: Late winter and early spring
Pollinators: Other
Conservation status: Extinct (EX)

after bloom and becoming yellowish-green from summer heat

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