Spirea, Gold Mound
Description: Gold Mound Spirea provides an exceptional accent or contrast in your foundation planting or shrub border. Brilliant foliage holds its light chartreuse-green color all season long. Flushes of pink flowers appear in June and July. The shrub maintains a neat appearance with little or no pruning. Produces best color in full sun. Once established, they are drought tolerant.
Common Name: Gold Mound Spirea
Scientific Name: Spiraea japonica ‘Gold Mound’
Type: Perennial, Shrub
Exposure: Full Sun
Size: 2-3′ height, 3-4′ spread
Bloom Color: Light Pink
Bloom Period: Summer
Foliage Color: Yellow
Landscape Use: Accent, Border, Edger, Entryway, Foundation, Garden Pond, Landscape Beds, Mass Planting, Median Strips, Outdoor Living Areas, Perennial Garden, Shrub Border, Small Groups
Soil: Well-Drained
Growth Rate: Fast
Zone: 4 – 9
Companion Plants: Boxwood, Summer Wine Ninebark, Juniper, Arborvitae, Barberry, Abelia, Juniper, Hollies, Maiden Grass, Pampas Grass, Daylily, Sedum, Dianthus. Stop by and visit our garden center and nursery to talk with our staff about other plants in stock.
