BOTANICAL NAME:  Spiraea japonica ‘Lemon Princess’

COMMON NAME: “Lemon Princess Spiraea”

ATTRACTS:  Butterflies

RESISTANT:

BLOOM COLOR/ TIME: Pink flowers late spring to mid-summer

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS:   Full Sun

HEIGHT: 1 1/2 to 2 feet

WIDTH: 2 to 3 feet

EVERGREEN OR DECIDUOUS: Deciduous

WATER REQUIREMENTS: Average

SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Moist, well-drained soil

GARDEN ATTRIBUTES: Deer resistant

Attracts butterflies

Drought tolerant

Long blooming

HARDINESS ZONES: 4-8

Lemon Princess Spirea is a dense, compact deciduous shrub w/bright yellow leaves that turn pinkish-red in fall. It has pink flowers late spring to mid-summer. Good plant selection for low hedge along paths or walkways, in a mass or group of shrub border or alone as a specimen.