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Spiraea salicifolia
Also called Bridewort, Willow Spiraea, Willow Leaved Meadowsweet, Bridal Spray, Foam Of May, Willow Leaf Spiraea
Willowleaf meadowsweet is a deciduous shrub in the rose family, native to east-central Europe, Siberia and East Asia, grown for its willow-like leaves and fluffy pink or white flower plumes. It is hardy and easy, but it spreads freely by suckers, so it needs room or regular control.
Spiraea salicifolia, the bridewort, willow-leaved meadowsweet, spice hardhack, or Aaron's beard, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. A shrub, it is native to east-central Europe, Kazakhstan, all of Siberia, the Russian Far East, Mongolia, northern China, Korea, and Japan, and it has been widely introduced to the rest of Europe and to eastern North America. It has been cultivated since the 1500s for hedges and similar applications, but is not particularly well-behaved.
Reeves' meadowsweet · Spiraea crenata · Iberian spirea · Japanese meadowsweet · Russian Spiraea · Snowmound Spiraea · Bridalwreath spirea · Thunberg's meadowsweet · Spirea
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Spiraea salicifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
