Spiraea jap. 'Little Princess'

Spiraea japonica "Little Princess" is also called muscle shrub in Dutch. It is a small, deciduous dwarf shrub with a bushy, round upright shape. The leaves are ovate to lanceolate, yellow-green in spring, mint-green in summer, and orange-red in fall. From the end of May to July, this muscular shrub blooms profusely with small, pink flowers in flattened corymbs on annual wood. This spiraea likes a sunny to slightly shaded position in a well-drained, cool and moist soil. This plant is hardy, tolerates sea wind and air pollution reasonably well, is pest and disease free and, in addition to the sea of flowers in spring, also offers beautiful orange-yellow leaf coloring in autumn.