- Spiraea japonica ‘SMNSJMFP’ Pink PP#26,995
- USDA Hardiness Zones: 3a to 8b
- Double Play® Pink has colorful flowers and foliage, like all Double Play® spireas. This one lights up the landscape with intense, deep pink flowers in the spring, attracting bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. The dark red spring foliage is a hint of the color show to come. Double Play® Pink needs little pruning to keep its compact size, but do any pruning immediately after flowering to avoid cutting off next year’s blooms.
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- Double Play® Pink Spirea, Japanese Spirea; Japanese Meadowsweet; Spiraea x bumalda
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- Woody Ornamentals - Flowering Shrubs
- Growth Size: Low Shrub - 2 to 3 feet tall, 2 to 3 feet wide
- Growth Habit: Mounding - Compact
- Features: Easy To Grow, Excellent Foliage Color, Pollenizer
- Deer Resistant, Cold Hardy
- Attracts: Butterflies, Bees, Hummingbirds
- Garden Ideas:
- Entryway
- Flower features: Showy Flowers, Brilliant Colors
- Deep, vivid pink that bloom in spring
- Foliage type and color: Deciduous, Green
- Burgundy in spring
- Landscape Uses: Beds
- Accent, Border, Container, Mass Planting
- Double Play® Pink Spirea is a Low maintenance plant
- Growth Size: Low Shrub - 2 to 3 feet tall, 2 to 3 feet wide
- Growth Rate: Medium
- Spacing: 3-4 ft apart
- Exposure: Full Sun to Partial Shade
- Watering: Moderate
- Soil Types: Adaptable to pH Well-Drained Adapted to most soil types
- General Plant Care: Care for your shrubs includes monitoring for pests and diseases, periodically checking soil moisture, and providing fertilizer as needed. In general, plants that have sufficient water and the correct amount of fertilizer tend to not have as many pest and disease problems. Water new plants weekly during the growing season in the first year, and as needed after that.
- General Planting Tips: Choose a site suited to your plant's light, soil, and space needs. Dig a hole twice as wide but no deeper than the container. Remove plant from container and loosen roots slightly. Place the plant in the hole. If using slow-release (coated) fertilizer, you may add it according to package directions at this time. Add soil back to the hole, ensuring the top of the soil from the container is even with the surrounding soil. Water well, and add more soil if needed. Add 2-3 inches of mulch around plant, taking care to keep away from stem or trunk. See our FAQ page for more details on Mulching.
- General Fertilizing Tips: Once in spring with a slow-release fertilizer recommended for this plant (shrub, tree) at a rate according to package directions.
- General Pruning suggestions: Spring-flowering shrubs and trees bloom on buds that formed on growth from the previous season, also known as “old wood.” Do not prune these plants in late winter or before they bloom in early spring! If you do, you will be cutting off the flower buds. If pruning is needed, do it in late spring, soon after the shrub has finished blooming. This will allow time for new growth and buds to form in late summer and fall, which will bear another season of blooms next spring.
- Bloom Tips: Remove flower stalks after blooms have faded