Garden Grow Tips
Learn how to start growing Spirea with this easy guide! Spirea is fast growing, beautiful, and incredibly low maintenance. Use it as a backdrop, or use it to landscape a slope. Regardless of where it’s roots are planted, it’ll steal the show!
Grow Zone: Does best in zones 5-9.
Water and Sun Needs: Plants should receive two inches of water weekly. Plant in an area of full sun.
Average Size: 1 to 8 feet tall and 6 feet wide.
Plant Type: Shrub
Special Features: This plant is great for privacy and does exceptionally well on slopes!
How to Get Started: Begin growing Spirea in late fall or early spring in an area of full sun. Soil should be well draining and acidic. Water plants deeply immediately after planting, and then make sure they get two inches of water weekly. Feed plants in the spring and fall!
When to Harvest: Spirea bloom in the early spring, but if pruned correctly, they can continue blooming past the Fourth of July (prune immediately after the Spring blooms flower.)
What to Plant It With: Evergreen shrubs, Butterfly Bush, Coneflowers, or Japanese Blood Grass.
Should a Spirea be cut back and if so should it be done in the fall or spring?
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So it actually depends on the grow season. Here are the general guidelines I follow: In the spring, I trim back the buds immediately following the first blossoms. This helps promote new blossoms and growth throughout the blossoming season. Mid summer, I’ll see if it’s necessary to cut back any overgrowth. If not, I’ll leave the heavy pruning until later. Once the foliage has fallen off in the fall, you can cut back branches and stems to about 8 inches. Now is a good time to remove any dead or damaged branches!