Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. white spirea flowers Spirea, or spiraea, are popular perennial shrubs with pretty blooms in spring and summer. They're generally ...

When is the best time to prune golden vicary privet and bridal wreath spirea? The privets are on the south side of the house and have had a rough summer due to heat and drought. We have given them a ...

When is the best time to prune golden vicary privet and bridal wreath spirea? The privets are on the south side of the house and have had a rough summer the past couple of years. We have given them a ...

I've put it off far too long. I'm going to do it. I think. If I can bear it. I have two very old bridal wreath spireas in my front yard, probably not as old as my home, which is 98, but darned near.

Sometimes you just have to … wait … for … it. There have been years when my row of old-fashioned bridal wreath spireas planted on the hill have bloomed ...

Old-fashioned shrubs need love, too. Lilacs and bridal-wreath spireas have been around for a century, but neither are native to the Americas. Spirea and some lilacs are natives of China. Lilacs are ...

A reader from Blacksburg, Brigitte Flowers, asked me for more information on what plants should be pruned this time of year. She has frequently read "spring or fall" as advice for the best time to ...