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Plants => Nice Plants => Topic started by: nikoroma on April 15, 2017, 09:25:10 PM

Title: Spirea vanhouttei
Post by: nikoroma on April 15, 2017, 09:25:10 PM

http://www.ideasforgardens.net/nicola/spirea-vanhouttei/index.html

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Title: Re: Spirea vanhouttei
Post by: ideasguy on April 16, 2017, 10:20:08 AM

That is a magnificent specimen Nicola! Photos are excellent - take a bow 8)
The individual flowers appear to be larger than the Spireas I grow. I'll do some research later ;)

Did you grow it from seed?

Title: Re: Spirea vanhouttei
Post by: nikoroma on April 16, 2017, 05:34:01 PM

No George ,I planted it at my uncle's garden 25 years ago... the "secret" is the pruning...if you prune the side shoots and leave the center "high" that will
"exagerate" the fountain effect...yes is a beautiful shrub which doesn flower "unobserved"...three weeks of white fireworks