PlantsShrubs & Vines
Meadowsweet
Spiraea alba
Chicago-region native. Suited to zone 6a.
A white native spirea for wet sun
EasyShrubs & VinesAlso FlowersAlso Rain GardenRain garden
- Light
- Full sun–part shade
- Moisture
- Moist–wet
- Mature size
- 3–5 ft
- Spacing
- 3 ft
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Jun–Aug
- How it spreads
- Sucker shrub
- What to buy
- A container shrub. Not a Japanese spirea cultivar.
- When to plant
- Apr or Sep
In the design
Rain garden shrub. The garden-center pink spireas are a different plant and not a substitute if the goal is a native planting.
