The softer, pink Spiraea. It won't form the bigg thickets of the alba but it will stop the show. This is the first year I actually saw this plant in flower, showing spectacular pink blooms in July. Our seed was collected from plants growing in wet sites, sometimes in standing water. The plants we saw tended not to form the large colonies that Spiraea alba forms. Should be massed on mesic to wet-mesic sites.

Environment:  Xeric  Dry/Mesic  Mesic  Wet/Mesic  Hydric

Exposure:  Shade  Part Shade  Morning Sun  Full Sun

Bloom Period:  Spring  Summer  Fall