Snowmound Spirea Bloom winter Its horizontal branching structure creates

Its horizontal branching structure creates a graceful canopy that provides dappled shade for understory plantings of hostas

Geum is an excellent little native plant that is often underutilized

Almost all dogwoods will require supplemental watering in their early years and during hot/dry periods

butterflies and nectar-seeking birds

Snowmound Spirea Bloom winter Its horizontal branching structure createsSnowmound Spirea Spiraea nipponica 'Snowmound' Snowmound Spirea delivers one of the most striking late spring displays of any flowering shrub, covering its gracefully arching branches in dense, hemispherical clusters of pure white flowers that give the entire plant the appearance of a freshly fallen snowdrift. This compact deciduous cultivar of Nippon Spirea reaches 3 to 5 feet tall with a similar spread, forming a dense, vase shaped to mounded habit