Double Play® Candy Corn® Spirea Spiraea japonica

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  • Double Play® Candy Corn® - Spirea - Spiraea japonica
  • a garden with colorful flowers
  • leaf
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  • vegetation
  • a close up of a plant
  • a pile of colorful leaves
  • a close-up of some leaves
  • a group of colorful leaves
Exposure
  • Part Sun to Sun
  • Sun
Flower Season
  • Early Spring
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Fall
Mature Size
Height: 18" - 2'
Spread: 18" - 2'6"
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This plant is hardy in zones 4 - 8

Zones are based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature an area is expected to receive during the winter. They are used to determine whether a plant is likely to be perennial in your area. If the number in the green box below is within the zone range listed for the plant, it will be hardy for you and thrive in your climate.

  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8

What is my hardiness zone?

 ORTH BAY, ONTARIO 
ZONE 4

  • FEATURES

    Your search for truly colorful landscape plants ends here!

    Meet the newest and most colorful Proven Winners spirea, Double Play® Candy Corn®. The show starts in early spring when the new growth emerges bright candy apple red. As it matures, it turns pineapple yellow, and the new growth continues to emerge bright orange all season. Top it off with dark purple flowers in late spring/early summer, and you've got a display you really have to see to believe. Be sure to click the image tab below to see just how showy this low-maintenance spiraea is!

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    Foliage Interest
    Deadheading Not Necessary
    Resists: 
    Deer

    CHARACTERISTICS

    Plant Type: 
    Shrub
    Shrub Type: 
    Deciduous
    Height Category: 
    Short
    Garden Height: 
    18 - 24 Inches46cm - 61cm
    Spacing: 
    18 - 30 Inches 46cm - 76cm
    Spread: 
    18 - 30 Inches 46cm - 76cm
    Flower Colors: 
    Purple
    Foliage Colors: 
    Orange
    Red
    Yellow
    Foliage Shade: 
    Pineapple yellow
    Habit: 
    Mounded
    Container Role: 
    Filler

    PLANT NEEDS

    Light Requirement: 
    Part Sun to Sun
    Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Blooms On: 
    New Wood
    Bloom Time: 
    Early Summer
    Late Spring
    Hardiness Zones: 
    4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Uses: 
    Border Plant
    Edging Plant
    Landscape
    Mass Planting
    Specimen or Focal Point
    Maintenance Notes: 

    Spirea is a popular plant because it is blissfully low maintenance, and Double Play Candy Corn is no exception. It naturally takes on a nice, rounded habit without pruning. If you wish, you can give it a trim after the flowers fade, which will encourage even more colorful new growth.

    Double Play® spiraea are typically ignored by deer and even rabbits, and are quite drought tolerant after a year or two in the ground.

    Fun Facts: 

    Though you wouldn't guess it by looking at it, spiraea is closely related to roses and raspberries.

    Double Play® Candy Corn® Spiraea japonica 'NCSX1' USPP 28,313, Can 6,176
    PICTURES AND INFORMATION COPIED FROM PROVEN WINNERS 
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