Plants of the UNF Campus
Spirea x bumalda - Bumald’s spirea
Family Rosaceae
Description:
This shrub grows well in northeast Florida. It grows best in a well-drained soil that is not too dry.in a sunny site. It tends to flower sporadically through summer. It is evergreen in Jacksonville.
Location:
Small shrub to two to four feet tall, depending on cultivar.
Size:
Small shrub to two to four feet tall, depending on cultivar.
Care Instructions:
Light: full sun to part sun
Water: somewhat drought tolerant when established, not for wet soils
Soil: average garden soil, responds well to fertilizer
Approximately seventy species of Spirea grow naturally around the world in the northern hemisphere. A
few species are grown in gardens. Bumald’s spirea is a hybrid of Spirea
albiflora and S. japonica. Flowers
are white or pink in rounded clusters at the ends of the stems.
Spirea x bumalda
Bumald’s spirea
Rosaceae
This shrub grows well in northeast Florida. It grows best in a well-drained soil that is not too dry.in a sunny site. It tends to flower sporadically through summer. It is evergreen in Jacksonville.
Small shrub to two to four feet tall, depending on cultivar.
Small shrub to two to four feet tall, depending on cultivar.
full sun to part sun
somewhat drought tolerant when established, not for wet soils
average garden soil, responds well to fertilizer
Approximately seventy species of Spirea grow naturally around the world in the northern hemisphere. A
few species are grown in gardens. Bumald’s spirea is a hybrid of Spirea
albiflora and S. japonica. Flowers
are white or pink in rounded clusters at the ends of the stems.
