Spiraea Double Play Doozie®
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Features to Note
Zone Compatibility
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Description
Spiraea Double Play Doozie® is a deciduous perennial shrub offering three seasons of interest, blooming spring through fall, typically until the first frost. Truly unique and highly popular, Double Play Doozie® is the first-ever reblooming spirea, blooming on old and new wood. Borne in cone-shaped clusters, the deep red flowers are larger than other spirea. They have a slight, sweet fragrance and attract butterflies and hummingbirds to the garden.
A classic landscape plant, spirea, also known as meadowsweet, is an all-around tough bush. Although Double Play Doozie® has the typical neat, mounded habit of spirea, it also has compact, dense branching; super-showy bright red new growth; and amazing fall color. It is a lovely specimen plant for beds; a great filler for a thriller-filler-spiller container garden; and an excellent choice for edging and borders.
Spiraea Double Play Doozie® is a triploid plant. Typical of triploid plants, it is vigorous, seedless, and sterile. Its flowers are larger, more colorful, and have a longer shelf life than those of their diploid counterparts. It also requires little or no deadheading.
Easy to grow, low maintenance, and cold hardy, Spiraea Double Play Doozie® prefers full to part sun and average medium moisture, well-drained soils; but it tolerates a wide range of soils, light shade, and drought. The plant is also deer resistant.
Details
Genus: | Spiraea |
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Species: | hybrid |
Variety: | 'NCSX2' |
Item Form: | 1-Quart |
Category: | Shrubs |
Bloom Season Start: | Late Spring |
Bloom Season End: | Late Fall |
Bloom Color: | Red |
Habit: | Mound-shaped |
USDA Zone Low: | 3 |
USDA Zone High: | 8 |
Uses: | Beds, Border, Containers, Fall Color, Specimen |
Zone: | 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
State Shipping Restrictions: | GU, HI, ID, PR, VI |
Discount Exempt: | No |