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Pat Kolling
Taxon ID#
91
Compact, mounded-to-spreading shrub with somewhat irregular habit noted for the changing colors of its foliage. Leaves emerge bronze-red in spring, mature to yellow-green by summer and finally acquire interesting yellow-orange-copper hues in fall.
Scientific Name:
Spiraea japonica 'Goldflame'
Common Name 1
› Japanese Spiraea
Family:
Rosaceae
Origins:
Japan
Plant Type:
Med - Lg Shrub (usually >3' and never < 1.5')
Common Name 2
Common Name 3
Oregon native:
yes
Western state native:
yes
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Landscape Application Information
Seasonal Care
Resource Links
MAINTENANCE
Maintenance Level:
Medium
Min. USDA Hardiness Zone:
4
Sun Preference:
Full Sun
Water Preference:
M
Soil Preference:
Average, medium moisture, well-drained. Tolerates a wide range; prefers rich, moist loams
Fertilizer Needs:
Recommended Mulch:
PLANT DESCRIPTION
Foliage Color:
Green
Foliage Description:
Leaves alternate, simple, oval-lanceolate, 2.5-7.5 cm long, bronze gold, with some red, in spring, yellow-green in summer, copper orange in fall.
Fragrant:
no
Predominant flower color:
Red
Flower Description:
Panicles of rosy red flowers rise above the foliage
Fall color:
yes
Fall Color Description:
Copper orange foliage
Winter Foliage:
Deciduous
Winter Interest:
no
Winter Interest Description:
Mature height:
3-4'
Mature spread:
3-4'
Growth rate:
LANDSCAPE APPLICATION
Deer Resistant:
yes
Fire Resistant:
yes
Attracts Pollinators:
yes
Attracts Butterflies:
yes
Native Habitat:
Attracts Birds:
no
Cut/Dried Flowers:
no
Used by Wildlife:
no
Swales:
yes
Wildlife Use:
Photo:
Hedge/Screen:
yes
Border:
yes
Erosion Control:
no
Windbreak:
no
Ground Cover:
yes
Provides Shade:
no
Rock Garden:
no
Cover Structures:
no
First Bloom:
Jun
Last Bloom:
Adds Texture/Movement:
Aug
Ornamental Accent:
no
no
Garden Observations:
Seasonal Care
Maintenance
SEASONAL CARE
Spring Care:
Flowers mostly in sprays along one-year-old or two-year-old branches. Cut off spent flowering branches immediately after flowering. This will help to produce the maximum amount of vigorous flowering wood.
Summer Care:
Prune diseased, dead, damaged; deadhead
Fall Care:
Winter Care:
Flowers on new wood, so prune in late winter to early spring if needed
Long Term Care:
Insect Pests:
Aphid, Snapdragon Plume Moth, Spider Mite
Wildlife Pests:
Diseases:
Spiraea powdery mildew
Environmental Problems:
Can be aggressive self-seeders, and have escaped gardens and naturalized in many areas of the eastern U.S. Plants will also spread in the garden by suckering.
Landscape Problems:
Care Comments:
RESOURCES
OSU Landscape Profile:
USDA Plants:
Calscape Database:
LBJ Native Plant Database:
Missouri Botanical Garden Database:
Monrovia Profile:
Alternate Source 1:
Alternate Source 2:
Source Comment:
Oregon Flora Project. Oregon Wildflowers:A Guide to the Wildflowers, Shrubs and Vines of Oregon. Botany & Plant Pathology Department, Oregon State University & High Country APPs, LLC
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