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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.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Plant Type
- Shrub
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Spiraea
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 2
- Mature Height
- 0.91 m to 1.52 m
- Mature Spread
- 1.83 m
- Leaf Color
- Green, Dark Green
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Color
- White
- Flower Size
- 0.51 cm to 1.02 cm
- Bloom Time
- Late spring, Early summer, Mid summer
- Planting Time
- Spring, Autumn
- Harvest Time
- Mid summer
- Native Area
- Austria, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia, Uzbekistan, Russia, Koppen, Romania, South Korea, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Ukraine, Serbia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Italy, Japan, Mongolia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Bridewort en Willow-Leaf Meadowsweet en Garland spiraea en Willowleaf meadowsweet en Willow-leaf Spiraea en Willow-leaved Meadowsweet en Willow Spiraea en Willow-leaved Spirea
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