Proven Winners Snow Storm Spirea reminds me of the old fashioned spirea with massive white blooms in April. Proven Winners Pink Parasols Spirea produces big, pink, fluffy, umbrella-like blooms and cover a mounded, spreading shrub in June.
I just finished pruning my spirea. They collect lots of leaves in the winter and the easiest way to remove them is to cut the spirea back to about 4 to 6 inches tall. Then I use a metal tined garden rake and pull them out. It is safe to do this early in the spring because Spirea japonica blooms on new wood. That means a light shearing after bloom fades encourages a new flush of growth and more bloom.
I just finished pruning my spirea. They collect lots of leaves in the winter and the easiest way to remove them is to cut the spirea back to about 4 to 6 inches tall. Then I use a metal tined garden rake and pull them out. It is safe to do this early in the spring because Spirea japonica blooms on new wood. That means a light shearing after bloom fades encourages a new flush of growth and more bloom.
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