Spiraea Blue Kazoo®

Double Play® Series Spirea

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White Flowers Play Well With Others
What’s the Buzz? It’s Blue Kazoo™! Cool blue foliage provides a perfect backdrop for sparkling white flower clusters. Hints of burgundy in the newly opening foliage foreshadow the rich red fall color. A neat mounded plant, easy to grow. Not your grandmother’s Spirea! Proven Winners® selections are trialed and tested to be colorful, long blooming, carefree and easy to grow. Retains natural rounded bushy shape with no pruning. Outstanding tucked into your existing border or plant in mass for a showy low-growing hedge.

Code SPBK

Patent PP26,655 'SMSMBK'

Plant Type Shrubs

Species

Height Medium 2-3'

Spacing Plant 2-3' apart

Bloom Time Mid-Spring to Early Summer

Sun / Shade Full Sun to Mostly Sunny

Zones 4-9

Soil Type Normal, Clay, Sandy

Water Needs Medium

Sold In Plantable Pots (3.5x3.5x4")

Special Product

Proven Winners

These varieties have been proven in trials around the world to be vigorous and easy to grow. Best of all, Proven Winners are known to be absolutely covered with vibrant, long-blooming flowers.

Special Features

  • Beneficial for Pollinators
  • Deer Resistant
  • Long-Blooming

Planting Sites

  • For a Slope or Bank
  • Good for Hedge
  • OK in Containers
  • Seaside/Salt Tolerant

Spiraea General Information

Spirea are compact, upright deciduous shrubs. Blooms on year-old wood. Many flat-topped clusters of flowers appear late spring to early summer. Tough dependable plants adaptable to a wide range of soil conditions. Idaho has restricted all potted plant material from being shipped into Idaho at this time.

Spiraea Plant Care

Spirea require very little maintenance. They prefer full sun but tolerate partial shade. Require good drainage. Prune just after flowering. In spring, trim to shape and apply a time-release fertilizer.

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