Spirea - Fairy Queen

$16.95

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 deep green summer foliage develops an orange-yellow fall color. 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. It has a dense, compact habit with slender, spreading branches. This deciduous plant is drought tolerant and moderate to rapid growing. It is one of the easiest flowering shrubs to grow since it is tolerant of many soils, except extremely wet. The plant also likes mulch and summer watering and prefers full sun to partial shade. It can also be used for groupings or border shrubs. ... more information

Rose of Sharon-Morning Star The Morning Star Rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus Morning Star, is an upright, deciduous shrub that is a vigorous, erect, multi-stemmed shrub that typically grows 8-12' tall. Leaves are diamond-shaped, dark green, slightly palmate and toothed. 'Morning Star' bears grayish blue flowers with pinkish white eyes from late summer until mid-fall. This plant really requires no pruning, unless you need to remove a dead or damaged branch. It has a long, early summer to fall bloom period. This cultivar is a sterile triploid that produces very few if any seed pods. It is an excellent flowering shrub that may be massed, planted in groups, or used as a specimen. The plant is very tolerant of summer heat and humidity. Larger flowers may be obtained by pruning back hard to 2-3 buds in early spring.