Spiraea 'Dart's Red' - Sterile Japanese Meadowsweet
Spiraea x bumalda 'Dart's Red' - Sterile Japanese Meadowsweet
- also known as Spiraea japonica 'Dart's Red'; which one is right?
- a compact deciduous shrub with showy flowers in spring to summer
- flattened clusters of carmine red (hot pink) flowers fade to rosy pink
- blooms from late spring to midsummer, with sparse repeat bloom sometimes occurring
- attractive to butterflies
- this cultivar is said to be a sport of - and very similar to - Anthony Waterer, but with deeper flower color and not inclined to produce albino shoots
- tested to be a sterile cultivar! So not inclined to be invasive by seed as many are; Anthony Waterer, on the other hand, is not sterile
- flowers on new wood, so prune in late winter or early spring to control shape
- shrub will spread in the garden by suckering
- foliage emerges reddish purple, matures to blue-green, then back to reddish in fall
- for full sun, but tolerates light shade
- grows to 3 ft high and 4-5 ft wide
- grows in zones 4-8
- ships bareroot, wrapped in a soil-less medium to keep the roots damp
- ships in cool spring, fall, or winter seasons; not during summer
Spiraea x bumalda 'Dart's Red' - Sterile Japanese Meadowsweet
- also known as Spiraea japonica 'Dart's Red'; which one is right?
- a compact deciduous shrub with showy flowers in spring to summer
- flattened clusters of carmine red (hot pink) flowers fade to rosy pink
- blooms from late spring to midsummer, with sparse repeat bloom sometimes occurring
- attractive to butterflies
- this cultivar is said to be a sport of - and very similar to - Anthony Waterer, but with deeper flower color and not inclined to produce albino shoots
- tested to be a sterile cultivar! So not inclined to be invasive by seed as many are; Anthony Waterer, on the other hand, is not sterile
- flowers on new wood, so prune in late winter or early spring to control shape
- shrub will spread in the garden by suckering
- foliage emerges reddish purple, matures to blue-green, then back to reddish in fall
- for full sun, but tolerates light shade
- grows to 3 ft high and 4-5 ft wide
- grows in zones 4-8
- ships bareroot, wrapped in a soil-less medium to keep the roots damp
- ships in cool spring, fall, or winter seasons; not during summer
Spiraea x bumalda 'Dart's Red' - Sterile Japanese Meadowsweet
- also known as Spiraea japonica 'Dart's Red'; which one is right?
- a compact deciduous shrub with showy flowers in spring to summer
- flattened clusters of carmine red (hot pink) flowers fade to rosy pink
- blooms from late spring to midsummer, with sparse repeat bloom sometimes occurring
- attractive to butterflies
- this cultivar is said to be a sport of - and very similar to - Anthony Waterer, but with deeper flower color and not inclined to produce albino shoots
- tested to be a sterile cultivar! So not inclined to be invasive by seed as many are; Anthony Waterer, on the other hand, is not sterile
- flowers on new wood, so prune in late winter or early spring to control shape
- shrub will spread in the garden by suckering
- foliage emerges reddish purple, matures to blue-green, then back to reddish in fall
- for full sun, but tolerates light shade
- grows to 3 ft high and 4-5 ft wide
- grows in zones 4-8
- ships bareroot, wrapped in a soil-less medium to keep the roots damp
- ships in cool spring, fall, or winter seasons; not during summer
