| General Description | An overused spiraea often used for foundation planting, hedging and shrub borders. |
| ID Characteristic | A splendid dwarf shrub with broad, rose-pink flat topped heads of flowers. Bluish-green foliage turns to reddish-purple in autumn. |
| Shape | Upright, rounded. |
| Landscape | Good filler plant, but can be used as a low massing plant however, like most spiraeas it has been overused. |
| Pests | Fireblight, leaf spot, bacterial hairy root, root rot, powdery mildews, spirea aphid, scales, caterpillars, oblique-banded leaf roller and root-knot nematode. |
| Leaf Description | Leaves are alternate, simple 2.5 - 7.5 cm long, apex pointed, sharp and pinkish-red purple in youth and turn bluish-green at maturity. |
| Flower Description | Rose-pink. Borne in 10 - 16 cm diameter, flat-topped corymbs and bloom between May and August. |
| Fruit Description | Brown follicle, dry and are not ornamental. |
| Colour Description | Leaf colour is pinkish to reddish when unfolding, changing to dark bluish green at maturity. Flowers are white to deep pink. |
| Texture Description | Medium-fine in all seasons. |
