Snowmound Spirea Size:3 gallon showing excellent resistance to dogwood

showing excellent resistance to dogwood anthracnose and dogwood borers—the twin scourges that devastated native dogwood populations in the 1970s-90s

Baja Burgundy has all of the winning characteristics of Sombrero line

strong stems and compact foliage

it's tough once established but demands attention to proper site selection—avoid compacted soils and standing water

which some researchers theorize may have contributed to the species' declining wild populations [10][11]

Snowmound Spirea Size:3 gallon showing excellent resistance to dogwoodSnowmound Spirea Spiraea nipponica 'Snowmound' Snowmound Spirea delivers one of the most striking late spring displays of any flowering shrub, covering its gracefully arching branches in dense, hemispherical clusters of pure white flowers that give the entire plant the appearance of a freshly fallen snowdrift. This compact deciduous cultivar of Nippon Spirea reaches 3 to 5 feet tall with a similar spread, forming a dense, vase shaped to mounded habit