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Double Play® Gold spirea is a compact, low mounded plant with vibrant golden foliage and an abundance of pure pink flowers. It maintains its compact mounded shape with very little pruning, and has much brighter colour than other gold spirea cultivars.
- Height: 45-61 cm (1.5-2 ft)
- Spread: 45-61 cm (1.5-2 ft)
- Hardiness: Zone 3-8
- Sun or Shade: full sun to part shade
- Bloom Time: late spring
- Leaf Colour: gold
- Bloom Colour: pink
- Critter Resistance: deer
- Nature Attraction: bees
Growing and Maintenance Tips
Spirea is a popular plant because it is very low maintenance, It naturally takes on a nice, rounded habit without pruning. If you wish, you can give it a trim after the flowers fade, which will encourage even more colourful new growth and heavy repeat flowering. Double Play® spiraea are typically ignored by deer and even rabbits, and are quite drought tolerant after a year or two in the ground.