Blue Kazoo® Spiraea
Last week I had the pleasure of showing a landscape designer
friend around our nursery and trial gardens. There was a lot to see: the lilacs
are coming into their own and the Exochorda was
showing off why it's such a fabulous spring specimen plant.Despite the distraction of peonies and viburnums, he zeroed
in on Double Take® Blue Kazoo® Spiraea.
"This is a great landscape plant."
"This is a great landscape plant."
And it is. It looks great in filtered shade; the blue-green
foliage has some red new growth in it. The white flowers haven't appeared yet,
but they will soon. In fall it will have nice red foliage. This variety has a
very soft, graceful habit that doesn't have the twigginess of some of the
flashier spirea varieties. I really like the larger leaves and restrained
color of this elegant plant. Dare I say that it's a little classier than other Spiraea?
I just did.
Like the man said, this is a great landscape
plant.
Plant of the Week is written by Jane Beggs-Joles
