Spirea - Fairy Queen

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Spirea - Fairy Queen

It can also be used for groupings or border shrubs. It has a dense, compact habit with slender, spreading branches. This deciduous plant is drought tolerant and moderate to rapid growing. It makes a good foundation planting or for limited spaces since it grows only 3 feet tall and as wide. It requires sun to partial shade; range of soil types except wet; drought tolerant. Fairy Queen Spirea, spiraea trilobata 'Fairy Queen', is a profuse blooming, compact shrub that is covered with masses of flat-topped white flowers in May and June. The plant also likes mulch and summer watering and prefers full sun to partial shade. The deep green summer foliage develops an orange-yellow fall color. It is one of the easiest flowering shrubs to grow since it is tolerant of many soils, except extremely wet. ... more information

 

Rhododendron - Cloudland This plant requires moist, well-drained, acidic soil to prosper. The bright purple-blue flowers bloom early spring on old growth. Protect from winter wind and afternoon sun. Plant in well-drained soil, in a sheltered location protected from north wind. The Rhododendron Cloudland, 'Rhododendron Impeditum', is a compact, mounded evergreen plant with silver-gray green foliage.

Spirea - Fairy Queen