Double Play Artisan® Proven-Winners

Description

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Japanese spirea comes by its popularity earnestly: durable, super easy to care for, and perfectly pretty pink flowers in spring. Double Play Big Bang® spirea does the landscape classic one better with the biggest, pinkest flowers of any Japanese spirea. It also offers super colorful new growth, especially when it emerges in early spring. That’s what makes it a perfect Double Play! Like other Japanese spirea, it’s drought-tolerant, deer resistant, grows and blooms well in partial shade, and maintains a nice, neat shape without pruning.
Top reasons to grow Double Play Big Bang spirea:
– Extra-large pure pink blooms
– Colorful new growth makes the plant interesting even when it’s not in bloom
– Deer resistant

Attracts: Hummingbirds

Resists: Deer

CHARACTERISTICS

Plant Type: Shrub

Shrub Type: Deciduous

Height Category: Tall

Garden Height: 24 – 36 Inches

Spacing: 36 – 48 Inches

Spread: 24 – 36 Inches

Flower Colors: Pink

Flower Shade: Pink

Foliage Colors: Yellow

Foliage Shade: Yellow

Habit: Mounded

Container Role: Thriller

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Light Requirement: Part Sun to Sun | Sun

Maintenance Category: Easy

Blooms On:  New Wood

Bloom Time: Early Summer | Mid Summer | Late Summer

Hardiness Zones:
3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a

Water Category:  Average

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Uses: Landscape

Uses Notes:
This is an outstanding landscape plant! It is perfect for mass plantings or as part of the mixed border.

Maintenance Notes:
Very little maintenance is needed. Apply a controlled-release fertilizer in spring, and trim as needed to shape. Deadhead after flowering to encourage repeat blooming.
Check out the complete guide to growing spirea.

Double Play Big Bang® Spiraea x ‘Tracy’ USPP 21,588, Can 4,073

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