How to Use spirea in a Sentence

spirea

noun
  • Bridalwreath spirea exudes charm and is a perfect pick for cottage gardens.
    — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Most spireas can be grown in Zones 4-8, with some adapting to Zone 3 or 9.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Depending on whether your spirea blooms in spring or summer, it should be pruned after blooming and then again in the fall.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Nov. 2025
  • This trimmer worked smoothly cutting through softer growth on both yew and spirea shrubs but struggled with tougher woody parts.
    — Alice Knisley Matthias, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Jan. 2025
  • So are ornamental species such as spirea, mountain ash, goatsbeard, and ninebark.
    — Deb Wiley, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Japanese spirea can be grown as far south as Zone 8 or 9 in full or part sun and in well-draining soil.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 28 May 2025
  • Bridal wreath spirea and Vanhoutte spirea shrubs have a fountainlike appearance.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Double Play Doozie is a Japanese spirea that also fits the bill.
    — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2019
  • This also works well on potentilla and summer blooming spirea.
    — Melinda Myers, Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Forsythia, flowering quince, bridal wreath spirea are all beginning to bloom.
    — Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 20 Feb. 2023
  • For white flowers, consider spirea, peonies, star jasmine, and viburnum.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 8 May 2024
  • Easy to grow and low maintenance once established, spirea are a popular choice among home gardeners.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Fall is the time to give spirea an aggressive pruning to rejuvenate the plant and remove dead branches, spent blooms, and old foliage.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Like Little Princess spirea, this popular plant was given a misleading name.
    — Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities, 27 May 2017
  • Bridal wreath spirea, an old-fashioned variety with cascading branches covered in frothy white blooms, has been a landscape favorite for decades.
    — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Apr. 2023
  • That disease may attack any member of the rose family, including hawthorns, mountain ash and spirea as well as apples, pears and of course roses.
    — Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Look for spirea, ninebark, and azalea for spring, and for summer bloomers, plant weigela, rose of Sharon, and butterfly bush (new varieties are not invasive).
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Japanese spirea, birchleaf spirea, and bumalda spirea are popular members of the summer-flowering group.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Wright and others adopted pieces, from erecting pavilion-like structures to planting goldflame Japanese spirea.
    — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Knudson adds that ranunculus and spirea are also excellent choices for a spring wedding arrangement.
    — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The garden’s blooms include spirea, Japanese snowbell, flowering dogwood, lilacs, roses and much more.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 2 June 2022
  • Add white flowering dogwood branches, Queen Anne’s Lace, spirea, and white flowers to a tall cylindrical vase that’s clear, white, or blue.
    — Katherine Owen, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Reaching 5-12 feet, the growth habit of ninebark is a loose mound similar to a large spirea and does well incorporated into a shrub border or natural planting.
    — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 4 May 2017
  • Incorporate lilac, lavender, and spirea to provide high value nutrition from May through September.
    — Peter Gorman, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2024
  • Joynt and Kobelt bring a sensitive eye and an intuitive approach to their designs — joyful tumbles of roses, hellebores, ranunculus, anemone and spirea that capture the spirit of their farm.
    — New York Times, 4 May 2021
  • This week, Jeff and Jonathan share progress reports on converting lawns into meadows - highlighting sightings of violas, tiger swallowtail butterflies, false spirea and more.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 7 July 2023
  • Nandina, morning glory, Japanese spirea, and poison hemlock outcompete native species.
    — Melissa Epifano, The Spruce, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Janney likes ‘Blue Kazoo’, a compact variety of spirea that grows only 2 feet tall and has blue foliage and white bloom; and ‘Goldflame,’ a medium-sized variety that grows 3 feet tall and has yellow-green foliage and rosy red flowers.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Apr. 2025

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