Spiraea, Double Play Candy Corn - #3 PW
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Spiraea, Double Play Candy Corn - #3 PW
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Spirea
Double Play Candy Corn
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
Height Category: Short
Spacing: 1.5'-2.5'
Spread: 1.5'-2'
Flower Colors: Purple
Foliage Colors: Orange, Red, Yellow
Foliage Shade: Pineapple yellow
Plant Needs
Light Requirement: Part Sun to 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: 4-8
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.
Check out the complete guide to growing spirea.
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