Photo credit
(c) christine123, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, Original photo, Cropped from the original photograph.
Care
- Keep the soil moist.
- Optional bloom tip: Removing faded flower clusters can encourage more blooms.
Steeplebush
Spiraea tomentosa
Its plant group hosts 54 kinds of caterpillars
- Flower color
- Pink or purple
- Bloom
- July to September
- Leaves
- Deciduous
- Height
- 2–4 feet
- Spread
- 3–5 feet
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil moisture
- Usually moist
Typical bloom time. A plant at the store may not be in flower.
- Containers
- Not listed by our container sources
Native to Kentucky (state-specific source)
