Steeplebush (Spirea tomentosa)

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A suckering deciduous shrub that grows 2-4′ tall with a slightly larger spread. Perfect for rain gardens or wet areas but can grow in regular garden soil or compacted areas.  Tiny pink to rose to rose-purple flowers in dense, narrow, steeple-shaped, terminal spikes (to 4-8″ long) bloom from top to bottom from mid-summer to early autumn. Elliptic to ovate, medium to dark green leaves (to 3” long) with coarse marginal teeth are tapered at both ends and densely tomentose (yellowish-brown hairs) beneath. Native to wet meadows, wet pastures, boggy areas, marshes, fields, and lake margins from Nova Scotia to Ontario south to Kansas, Louisiana and Georgia.

Size: 12-18″ bare root seedling

On Dr. RJ Gegear list of plants for at risk insects as a pollen source for native bumblebees. Supports numerous native birds, butterflies, and bees. Also called hardhack or rosy meadowsweet.

Photo Credit: thanks to Dan Wilder https://norcrosswildlife.org/ 

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