Height: 100 cm (3 feet)
Spread: 100cm (3 feet)
Bloom: deep red-pink in Jun-July then again heavy in August-September
Foliage: purple-red new growth in spring fades to a nice green.

Pluses: Flower colour, spring foliage
Minuses: Needs to be pruned after first growth to keep tidy as foliage fades and flowerheads are an ugly showy brown against plain green foliage otherwise.

Spirea Neon Flash line a walkway

It’s hard to beat this spirea in bloom. It’s deep red-pink flowers are stunning and cover the plant twice a season. Flowers first cover the plan in July with bright neon (hence the name) pink frothy masses atop the foliage. Deadhead this shrub strongly after blooming and it will provide a second, equally impressive set of blooms in September that last until a hard frost.

Slightly smaller flowers on Spirea Neon Flash in September cover the plant nonetheless.

The spring growth is a nice red-purple that fades to green. Prune in spring to shape and again after blooming to control size and encourage reblooming.

Garden Location: A stellar performer I have these both mass planted and as specimen shrubs. They line the steps along our Kitchen Patio Garden and several others are spread throughout the yard.