What is Spirea?
Spirea is a genus of flowering shrubs with around 100 individual species, many of which are cultivated by gardeners around the world. Garden stores often have spirea in stock, and are capable of ordering specialty cultivars for their patrons. There are a number of uses for spirea in the garden, including as a border plant, hedge, or background planting, and many gardeners are very fond of spirea for its natural beauty and versatility. You may also hear plants in the spirea genus referred to as meadowsweet. These plants have small oval leaves which may be toothed to lobed, and they produce profusions of white or pink flowers in the spring and summer. A healthy spirea will bloom so profusely that it looks like an explosion of flowers in the garden, producing delicate clusters of small flowers. In the fall, spirea shrubs drop their leaves, returning with fresh green foliage in the spring. One of the big advantages to spirea in the eyes of gardeners is that it is a very hardy genus, and sp
