Spiraea nipponica 'Snowmound'

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Form
small ornamental shrub
maturing at about 5' tall by 5' wide
upright vased growth habit in youth, quickly becoming arching with age
medium growth rate
Culture
full sun to partial shade
performs best in full sun in moist, well-drained soils, but is very urban tolerant and adaptable to poor soils, clay soils, dry soils, soils of various pH, heat, drought, and heavy pruning
propagated primarily by rooted stem cuttings
Rose Family, with numerous potential diseases and pests, which usually do not manifest themselves
'Snowmound' is abundantly available in container form
the numerous small dried fruits and pedicels can be easily removed in late Winter or early Spring (before bud break) by grasping the arching stems at their bases with a gloved hand and pulling the hand upward along the stems until the fruiting bodies have fallen away
Foliage
blue-green, alternate, elliptical to narrowly obovate, about 1" long, with essentially no petiole, and sparsely serrated or notched at the apex of the leaf blade
fall color is green to chartreuse and ornamentally ineffective

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