Neillia opulifolia)| | |the flowers are not showy.
| | |There is a golden leaved
| | |form (aurea) of dwarfer
| | |habit than the type, which
| | |is in the first half of the
| | |season very pretty.
| | |
*S. prunifolia |Japan |White; |The flowers of this are
flore-pleno | |Spring |quite double, like little
| | |rosettes, and in clusters
| | |along the arching shoots.
| | |Early in April as a rule
| | |they are very pretty.
| | |
S. salicifolia |Europe |Pinkish |A variable kind, more or
| | |less approaching S.
| | |Douglasi, but with
| | |light-tinted flowers.
| | |
S. sorbifolia |Northern Europe |White; |A pinnate-leaved species
| |July |somewhat in the way of S.
| | |lindleyana, but it does not
| | |grow more than half the
| | |height and flowers a month
| | |earlier.
| | |
S. Thunbergi |Japan |White; |The first of all the
| |very early|Spiraeas to bloom, but its
| |Spring |beauty is often marred by
| | |inclement weather. It forms
| | |a dense mass of slender
| | |twigs clothed with tiny
| | |leaves.
| | |
S. Van Houttei |Garden form |White |A hybrid kind with pure
| | |white blossoms, which a