Spirea, or spiraea, are popular perennial shrubs with pretty blooms in spring and summer. They're generally low-maintenance, but now and again, these plants benefit from a prune. Spirea tend to get ...

Spirea (Spiraea spp.) is a shrub that's hardy in USDA Zones 4 to 8, though some of them can tolerate a wider range of regions. There are several varieties, and depending on which one you get, they can ...

Q: I've got a 'Mellow Yellow' spirea that's getting too big. It's now up to 5 feet tall and wide and getting very leggy in the middle. It gets lots of sun. Should I chop it down to the new growth at ...

A queen of the summer landscape border ... the family of Spirea. For years if you spoke the name Spirea, the vision folks saw dancing in their heads was that of the gracefully weeping white Bridal ...

It’s the Year of the Spirea, as designated by The National Garden Bureau, and The Garden Guy could not be happier. There is a spirea that is a landscape asset from spring through dormancy, but a lot ...

I’ll bet my best garden trowel that you can’t name the plant that’s grabbing all the attention this spring on my front retaining wall. No, it’s not the deep purple Allium giganteum or the Prairie Fire ...

Q: I just walked around my yard and found that my cute little spirea bushes are missing. There are just some short stems sticking out of the ground. I’ve had these in my yard for almost a decade and ...

Q: I would like to know where to take a cutting from an existing bridalwreath bush. I have a good friend who wants one, and I would love to get it started for her. A: Bridalwreath spirea is fairly ...

The winter was such that The Garden Guy’s house has some of the most beautiful flowers ever for mid-April. There are echinacea, coreopsis, dianthus, and salvias galore. The first plant you would walk ...