spirea

IPA: spˈaɪrˈeɪ

Any of the many flowering shrubs of the genus Spiraea, that have clusters of white or pink flowers.
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Astilbe.

Examples of "spirea" in Sentences

Hi, Evelyn: My favorite, low-maintenance, hardy plant is my blue mist spirea.
Although did see them interplanted in Toronto with a short variety of spirea.
Lavender with another Magic Carpet spirea is attractive the whole year around.
Jane and the daffs, hellebore and spirea look spectacular; I even admire a bit of the vinca at their feet.
Understory growth is not luxuriant, consisting mostly of grouse whortleberry, Oregon grape, and birchleaf spirea.
Since moving here, George has learned the names of almost all the things that are growing on the land: he can point out abelia bushes, spirea, laurels.
But the spring foliage of Magic Carpet spirea helps tie these mismatched colors together, seen in the lower right in the Limbo photo and mid left above.
I believe both colors blend very well with the other things in bloom at the same time, flowering quince, primroses, emerging foliage of magic carpet spirea and the blue grape hyacinths.
Now, she spends her time gardening -- her meticulously maintained back yard is filled with hydrangeas, forsythia, spirea, lilacs and roses -- and attends the Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Manhattan when she feels up to it.