Anthony Waterer Spirea

Spiraea x bumalda 'Anthony Waterer'

Pronunciation: spy-REE-a x bew-MAL-da
SKU #07115
4-9

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Flat-topped heads of rosy pink flowers cover this low, spreading shrub. New spring foliage is an attractive reddish purple. This more compact form requires little pruning to maintain a neat size, making it ideal in the foreground of shrub borders. Deciduous.
LIGHT: Full sun, Partial sun
WATER: Water when top 2 inches of soil is dry.
SIZE: Moderate growing; reaches 3 to 5 ft. tall and wide.

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Bloom TimeSummer
Deciduous/EvergreenDeciduous
Special FeaturesDramatic Foliage Color, Easy Care, Compact Form
Problems/SolutionsRabbit Resistant, Tolerates Urban Pollution
Growth RateModerate
Growth HabitClumping
Flower AttributesFlowers for Cutting, Showy Flowers
Landscape UseBorder, Hedge, Ground Cover
Design IdeasAn excellent choice for the sunny mixed border where this shrub will fit in well and show off red-purple new foliage and summer pink blooms. It also makes a fine low-growing informal hedge to plant along a drive, walkway or in a narrow planting strip.
Flower ColorPink
Foliage ColorGreen
Companion PlantsMaiden Grass (Miscanthus); Weigela (Weigela); Coneflower (Echinacea); Rose (Rosa); Salvia (Salvia)
Care InstructionsPrefers average, slightly acidic, well-drained soils. Water deeply, regularly in first growing season to establish root system; once established maintain evenly moist soil. Feed in early spring. Remove spent blooms to promote continued flowering. Blooms on new wood; prune before new growth begins, as needed to shape and to thin stems.
Details
Bloom TimeSummer
Deciduous/EvergreenDeciduous
Special FeaturesDramatic Foliage Color, Easy Care, Compact Form
Problems/SolutionsRabbit Resistant, Tolerates Urban Pollution
Growth RateModerate
Growth HabitClumping
Flower AttributesFlowers for Cutting, Showy Flowers
Style
Landscape UseBorder, Hedge, Ground Cover
Design IdeasAn excellent choice for the sunny mixed border where this shrub will fit in well and show off red-purple new foliage and summer pink blooms. It also makes a fine low-growing informal hedge to plant along a drive, walkway or in a narrow planting strip.
Flower ColorPink
Foliage ColorGreen
Companion PlantsMaiden Grass (Miscanthus); Weigela (Weigela); Coneflower (Echinacea); Rose (Rosa); Salvia (Salvia)
Care
Care InstructionsPrefers average, slightly acidic, well-drained soils. Water deeply, regularly in first growing season to establish root system; once established maintain evenly moist soil. Feed in early spring. Remove spent blooms to promote continued flowering. Blooms on new wood; prune before new growth begins, as needed to shape and to thin stems.

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in 1926, we have been absolutely dedicated and obsessed with quality.

We have been pioneers and craftsmen in the art of growing plants for nearly 100 years. Since our founding in Southern California by Harry E. Rosedale, Sr. in 1926, we have been absolutely dedicated and obsessed with quality.