Natural distribution area: Japan, China.
"Dart's Red"
Photo by Andrey Ganov
A beautiful shrub with tomentose-pubescent young shoots, later bare, up to 1-1.5 m tall; oblong-ovate leaves, green above, bluish below, with a reddish tint when blooming, in the autumn - spectacular varied colors. It blooms throughout the summer with pink-red flowers collected in complex, corymbose-paniculate inflorescences that complete annual shoots. The average flowering time is 45 days. Widely used all the way to the Arctic Circle to create long-flowering groups, low hedges and borders. In culture since 1870.
In GBS since 1938, 3 samples (9 copies) were grown from seeds obtained from Tokyo, Copenhagen, Moscow. Height 1.25 m, crown diameter 140 cm. Grows from late April to mid-October. The growth rate is average. Blooms in June-August. It bears fruit from the age of 4, the fruits ripen in October. Winter hardiness is average. Seed germination 63%. 100% of cuttings take root when treated with phyton.
In spring, all varieties of Japanese spirea are pruned, leaving shoots 15-20 cm high from the soil level. Some golden-leaved forms and varieties of Japanese spirea are especially predisposed to the appearance of shoots with purely green leaves. They stand out sharply against the yellow background not only in color, but also in their more powerful growth. All of them must be removed immediately.
 Spiraea japonica "Golden Princess" Photo by Alexandra Shcherbakova, Garden Collection company |
 Spiraea japonica Photo EDSR. |
 Spiraea japonica "Ruberima" Photo Kashperova Natalia |
 Spiraea japonica "Macrophylla" Photo by Yuri Bazhenov (Green Line) |
 Spiraea japonica "Little Princess" Photo Andreeva Nadezhda |
 Spiraea japonica "Densiflora" Nursery Photo "Northern Flora" |
Has a lot garden forms, differing in the color of the flowers, the height of the bush and the size of the leaf blade. The most important decorative ones are:
"Alpina" ("Alpine") - a low, densely branched shrub with striped, almost round, densely pubescent, yellowish shoots. The leaves are dark green above, bluish below. The flowers are light pink. Blooms in July - August. The fruits ripen in September. In GBS since 1991, 1 sample (9 copies) grown from seeds obtained from Germany. At 3 years, height is 0.4 m, crown diameter is 80 cm. The timing of phenological development coincides with the main species. The growth rate is low. Winter hardiness is high. 100% of the cuttings take root when treated with phyton.
var. glabra (Regel) Koidz.- S. I. naked. Shrub up to 1.5 m tall. East Asia. In GBS since 1958, 1 sample (3 copies) was grown from seeds obtained from Dortmund. At 3 years, the height is 1.15 m, the crown diameter is 140 cm. The timing of phenological development coincides with the main species. The growth rate is average. Winter hardiness is high. 100% of cuttings take root when treated with phyton.
"Fortune" - a shrub up to 1.7 m high, native to the eastern and central regions of China. The leaves are wrinkled above, bluish below, bare, brown-red when blooming, later dark green up to 12 cm long. The flowers are bright pink. The inflorescences are highly branched, softly pubescent.
"Little Princess" ("Little Princess") - a shrub up to 0.6 m high, crown diameter 1.2 m, compact, rounded crown, elliptical, dark green leaves, pink-red flowers, collected in corymbose inflorescences up to 3 - 4 cm in diameter. Blooms in June-July. It grows slowly. Looks great in single plantings, groups, edges, and hedges. In GBS since 1992, 1 sample (9 copies) was grown from seeds received from Germany. At 4 years, the height is 0.4 m, the crown diameter is 40 cm. The timing of phenological development coincides with the main species. The growth rate is low. Winter hardiness is high. 100% of cuttings take root when treated with phyton.
Spirea japonica "Nana"
Photo by Andrey Ganov
"Shirobana" - low bush 0.6 - 0.8 m high, crown diameter 1.2 m. Leaves are narrow-lanceolate, dark green, up to 2 cm long. The color of the flowers varies from white to pink and red. Flowering time: July - August. This low chameleon shrub can successfully decorate low borders and rock gardens, various compositions with conifers and other shrubs.
"large-leaved" = "Macrophylla"("Macrophylla") - reaches a height of 1.3 m and a diameter of 1.5 m. It is distinguished by large, up to 20 cm long and 10 cm wide, swollen wrinkled leaves, which are purple-red when blooming, later green, and in the fall they acquire golden-yellow tones. If in May, when the buds open, this shrub is cut to 6-10 cm from the soil level, then the young growing shoots in the upper part will have a constantly bright color all summer long. This is one of the best decorative foliage spirea . Pink flowers in small inflorescences are lost among the variegated foliage. Blooms from late July to mid-August. In GBS since 1965. 1 sample (3 copies) grown from seedlings received from the Netherlands. Plants 1.0 m high, crown diameter 60 cm. The timing of phenological development coincides with the main species. The growth rate is average. The fruits ripen in October. Winter hardiness is average.
"Motley" - with leaves covered with yellowish-white stripes and spots.
"Ruberrima" ("Reddish") - with carmine-red flowers up to 1.3 m high. In GBS since 1948, 2 samples (6 copies) were grown from seeds obtained from a nursery near Moscow and GBS reproduction. At 16 years old, height 1. 2 m, crown diameter 180 cm. The timing of phenological development coincides with the main species. The growth rate is average. Winter hardiness is high. Seed germination is 70%. 100% of cuttings take root when treated with phyton.
"Shirobana"
Photo by Andrey Ganov
"Dark red" = "Atrosanguinea"("Atrosanguinea") - has a bush height of about 70 cm and a diameter of up to 1 m. Young growing leaves and shoots are bright red in color, and the flowers are clove-red with heavily pubescent pedicels , which do not fade for a long time, are in the terminal corymbose inflorescences. Looks very good in borders, low hedges, and complex flower beds.
"Candlelight". Dwarf (height about 0.5 m, slightly wider) compact dense bush with young leaves of a creamy yellow color. Their color becomes more saturated and goes well with pink flowers appearing in mid-summer. The variety does not produce shoots with the usual green leaf color.
"Firelight". A small shrub (about 0.6 m) with young leaves of an amazing orange-red color on arched branches. Later the leaves become bright orange-yellow, then pale green. Rich pink flowers appear in mid-summer, and the autumn flowers are flaming -The red color is very impressive and does not produce shoots with the usual green leaf color.
"Goldflame". A dense shrub up to 0.8 m high, with young leaves of orange-yellow color. Then they become bright yellow, then yellow-green. The autumn color of the leaves is copper-orange. Sometimes variegated leaves appear on the bush. The flowers are small pink-pink. red.
"Golden Princess". Low (about 1 m tall) shrub with bright yellow leaves and pink flowers.
"Gold Mound". A dwarf, about 0.25 m tall, compact bush with bright golden yellow foliage and small clusters of pink flowers appearing in mid-summer.
The variety received the Award of Garden Merit (AGM) from the Royal Horticultural Society of Great Britain in 2002.
Synonyms: Japanese meadowsweet Darts Red, Spiraea x bumalda Dart's Red, Spiraea bumalda Darts Red
Form: Spiraea blooms profusely in red, a compact dense shrub with a densely branched, hemispherical crown up to 1 m high. Dart's Red meadowsweet blooms for a long time, abundantly, with bright pink flowers. Tolerates urban conditions well.
Plant group: deciduous shrub.
Habit: thick, dome-shaped.
Height/diameter: the height and diameter of an adult plant reaches 0.6-0.8(1) m.
Growth rate/vigor: annual growth is about 10-15 cm.
Escapes: multi-stemmed, densely branched shrub with numerous straight shoots. Young shoots are red.
Flowers: bright, from mauve to ruby red. Collected in numerous, large, flat inflorescences that appear on the tops of the current year's shoots. It may bloom again, but not as profusely.
Flowering time: flowering occurs from June to August. Sometimes it blooms again until October.
Leaves: alternately arranged, lanceolate, pointed, green, up to 8 cm long. Young leaves have a reddish tint when blooming.
Fruit: small leaflets.
Root system: widespread, densely branched.
Relation to light/insolation: Spiraea Dart's Red grows better in a sunny place, but can also tolerate partial shade. With sufficient lighting, the color of the plant will be brighter; in the shade, the flowers will fade.
Humidity: The variety is undemanding to moisture; moderately moist soils are optimal.
Type of soil/soil: Spiraea Dart's Red tolerates all cultivated garden soils, from acidic to alkaline, but prefers fresh, moist, loose, fertile substrates. It can also grow on poor soils with infrequent watering, but in such conditions it develops worse.
Pests and diseases: blue meadowsweet sawfly, spirea aphid, whitefly. To combat them, it is recommended to use: Decis, Inta-vir, Bi-58, Fitoverm, Kinmiks, etc. Spiraea japonica may suffer from spotting and gray mold. Fundazole, dithane, Bordeaux mixture, colloidal sulfur, etc. will be effective against these diseases.
Planting/care: for planting low borders, Spirea Darts Red is planted at a distance of 0.4-0.5 m. It blooms on the shoots of the current year, so in the spring, to enhance flowering, pruning to a height of 20-30 cm from the soil level is recommended. Responds well to feeding. In early spring, spirea is fed nitrogen fertilizers. Then, throughout the season you can add complex fertilizers Once every 2-3 weeks, and from July-August only with phosphorus-potassium once every 2 weeks. In the fall, it is advisable to add compost.
All plants purchased from the PROXIMA nursery are provided with long-acting fertilizers with the latest formulas from the best European manufacturers and can be sold in your garden center without additional feeding for a whole year. But greatest advantage The advantage of buying potted plants is that they can be planted, without purchasing additional fertilizers, from March to December - even on the hottest days of summer.
Application: Spiraea japonica Darts Red is the reddest of all flowering plants of this type. Used in group and single plantings, as a ground cover plant, to create low flowering hedges - borders, mixborders, ridges, various landscape compositions, in rock gardens, etc.
Temperature/frost resistance: The plant is frost-resistant for the entire territory of Ukraine.
Climatic zone/frost resistance zone: 4.
Advantages: Japanese spirea Dart's Red - unpretentious, frost-resistant, smoke-gas resistant and easy to care for ornamental shrub with a dome-shaped crown. Valued for their abundant and long-lasting flowering.
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Read more about planting, watering, care, fertilization, protection - with photos in the "Planting, care" section.
Description: beautifully flowering low deciduous shrub. The crown is thick. Shoots are branched; Most of the shoots are directed upward.
Dimensions: height of an adult plant: most often 0.7 - 0.8 m, less often - up to 1 m; crown diameter: 0.6 - 0.8 m. Grows quite slowly.
Leaves: lanceolate, when blooming - with a reddish or pinkish tint, adult leaves are rich green, turning red in autumn. Leaf arrangement is regular.
Flowers: small, raspberry-red (do not fade in the sun); collected in corymbose inflorescences located on the shoots of the current year.
Flowering period: The plant blooms from late June to September.
Fruit: small leaflets - ripen in late August - September.
Winter hardiness zone: 4 (the plant is frost-resistant).
Lighting requirements: grows and blooms best in sunny places; tolerates partial shade.
Soil requirements: prefers drained, moist, fertile soil. Does not like waterlogged soil. Spiraea can grow in poor soil with infrequent watering, but it develops worse.
Features of agricultural technology: in spring (mid-April) you can carry out a superficial or sanitary trimming of the plant crown. During the hot season, the plant needs periodic watering. Spiraea can grow in the city, but not in heavily polluted or smoky areas.
Description:beautifully flowering low deciduous shrub. The crown is thick. Shoots are branched; Most of the shoots are directed upward.
Dimensions:height of an adult plant: most often 0.7 - 0.8 m, less often - up to 1 m; crown diameter: 0.6 - 0.8 m. Grows quite slowly.
Leaves:lanceolate, when blooming - with a reddish or pinkish tint, adult leaves are rich green, turning red in autumn. Leaf arrangement is regular.
Flowers:small, raspberry-red (do not fade in the sun); collected in corymbose inflorescences located on the shoots of the current year.
Flowering period:The plant blooms from late June to September.
(Spiraea japonica "Dart's Red")
Low, up to 1 meter tall, dense shrub with erect shoots. The leaves are dark green, with a reddish tint when blooming.
Timing of flowering and fruit ripening
The flowers are collected in rather large, dense corymbose inflorescences, raspberry-red; by the end of flowering they do not turn pale, but retain a bright, reddish color. Flowering is long, from July to October.
Optimal conditions growing
Grows best in a sunny place, without shade. Prefers rich, well-drained soil and moderate watering. It can grow in poor soils with infrequent watering, but it develops worse. After flowering, it is recommended to remove faded shoots. Late autumn or in early spring Severe pruning of the bush to 10-30 cm (“to the stump”) is recommended. Winter-hardy, without freezing.
Reproduction methods and planting rules
To preserve all the characteristics of the variety, spirea needs to be propagated vegetatively - by cuttings or layering. Cuttings are cut from semi-lignified shoots of the current year, 10 cm long, both apical and from the middle part. To improve root formation, you can use a root former. If you plant cuttings in mid-summer, then by autumn good roots will have formed. Another reliable and hassle-free method is propagation by layering. To do this in the spring, when the leaves are blooming, you need to bend the growing side branches to the ground, pin them with a hairpin and sprinkle them with earth. You can also tie them to pegs so that they grow horizontally. Throughout the season, you need to keep the soil around the bush moderately wet, then by autumn or next spring you can get independent plants. It is also advisable to remove the very first inflorescences on young bushes, then their development will proceed much faster.
Application
Used to create compositions in mixborders and rock gardens, suitable for ridges and low hedges, single and group plantings on the lawn.
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