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Spiraea japonica var. alpina
Also called Japanese Meadowsweet, Fortune Meadowsweet
In Singapore: Japanese Spirarea, Japanese Meadowsweet (Grown in Singapore)
Spiraea japonica var. alpina, also known as the alpine spirea or daphne spirea, is a low-growing, rounded, deciduous shrub that has pink flowers in flat-topped clusters in late spring to mid summer. The leaves are small, oval, sharply toothed, and blue green-colored. In the fall they turn red and orange.
The shrub grows to a height of .75 to 1 foot (0.23 to 0.30 m), with a spread of 1 to 3 feet (0.30 to 0.91 m). They are native to Japan but grow in USDA hardiness zones 4 through 8.
White meadowsweet · White spirea · Reeves' meadowsweet · Germander meadowsweet · Spiraea crenata · Rose spirea · Iberian spirea · Japanese meadowsweet · Broad Leaved Meadowsweet · Shinyleaf Meadowsweet · Russian Spiraea · Snowmound Spiraea
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
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