Spiraea x bumalda
Bumald Spirea
Rosaceae

Located on the back corner of Hall Dorm.

  • Leaves alternate, ovate to lanceolate, with serrated margins
  • leaves dark blue-green (may be yellow/orange to light green on cultivars)
  • buds small, brown, imbricate, appressed to stem
  • stems thin, brown, smooth
  • flowers small, pink to white, borne in terminal flat-topped corymbs
  • fruit are follicles that persist in terminal clusters over winter
  • habit is a low, rounded, dense shrub
  • plant has many cultivars, thus variation in leaf and flower color will be observed


View Spiraea x bumalda page in the UConn Plant Database


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