Botanical Name

English Name

1 Deciduous

2 Evergreen

3 Vine

4 Herbaceous

Perennial

Ultimate Height in feet

Color

Time of Bloom

Remarks

Spiraea japonica var. cal-losa alba

1

2

White

June to Sept.

S. Smaller than the preceding and a profuse bloomer. A. G.

Spiraea laevigata

Siberian Spiraea

1

3-4

Green-white

May

S. A dense, upright growing shrub with blue-green, coarse foliage about 3 inches long. Flowers in showy panicles about 4 inches long. Good for massing in sandy places. A. G.

Spiraea bracteata

Round-leaved Spiraea

1

6

White

June

S. Foliage round and dark green. Branches spreading and drooping. Flowers in large, flat showy clusters. A very attractive and useful shrub. A. D. G.

Spiraea prunifolia

Plum-leaved Spiraea

1

6

White

May

S. Flowers about 1/4 of an inch across in dense racemes along the slender upright branches. A pretty shrub with dark green, shining foliage, but not satisfactorily hardy. B. C. D. G

Spiraea prunifolia var. fiore-pleno

1

6

White

May

S. Flowers somewhat larger and more double than those of the preceding. B. C. D. G.

Spiraea salicifolia

Willow-leaved Spiraea

1

6

Pink

June & July

S. Good for dry spots or on hill-sides. Erect in growth. Foliage dull green; flowers in narrow panicles about 6 inches long. A. D.G.

Spiraea Thunbergii

Thunberg's Spiraea

1

4

White

April & May

S. Spreading in growth with arching, slender branches and light green, dense foliage. Flowers in long, close racemes on the branches. One of the earliest to flower and retains its fine, delicate foliage late in the fall. A most useful low growing shrub. A. D.G.

Spiraea Van Houttei

Van Houtte's

Spiraea or Bridal-wreath

1

6

White

May & June

One of the most handsome and useful of the hardy shrubs. The best of this group. Flowers in flat clusters about 1 1/2 inches across, produced on spreading, arching branches. Foliage dense, deep green. A. D.G.

Stachys Betonica

Wood Betony

4

1 1/2

Red-purple

June & July

Good for the wild-garden. Leaves round, deep green. Flowers in showy spikes about 4 to 6 inches long. A. F.

Stachys lanata

Woolly Wound-wort

4

1 1/2

Purple

June & July

Foliage gray and tufted, woolly. Flowers in thick spikes about 6 or 8 inches long. A good border plant. A.G.I.

Stachys grandiflora

Large-flowered Betony

4

2

Violet

June & July

Showy flowers in large whorls. Leaves broad, heart-shaped. A pretty border plant. A. G. I.

Staphylea colchica

Bladder-nut

1

6-7

White

May & June

S. An upright shrub, particularly attractive in the fall, when it is covered with masses of large, silvery, capsuled fruit. Good among coarse shrubs. B. C. D. H.