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How to plant and care for Spiraea (Goldflame)
Spiraea japonica 'Goldflame'
🌸 Flower
🔁 Perennial
A compact shrub with leaves that open copper-red, turn gold then lime green, topped with flat pink flower heads in summer.
When to plant and care for it
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Flowers
Prune
Timed for a typical UK garden (last frost mid-April). The app uses your own town's frost dates.
Growing Spiraea (Goldflame): what it needs
- Light
- Full sun · 6+ hours a day
- Watering
- Water well for the first summer, then in dry spells
- Soil
- Fertile, well-drained soil
- Spacing
- 75 cm
- Height
- 75 cm
- In pots
- Grows well in containers
- Feeding
- Balanced feed in spring
- Hardiness
- USDA zones 4–8
Step by step
- On planting day
Plant
Plant at the same depth as it was in its pot, 75 cm apart, and firm in.
- 0–1 days after “Plant”
Water In Well
Give a full can of water, then keep moist for the first few weeks while roots establish.
- 7–14 days after “Water In Well”
Mulch Around the Base
Spread 5 cm of compost or bark around the plant, keeping it off the stems.
Every year
- MarchPrune
Cut back the stems hard to a low framework (about 15 cm) for the best leaf colour.
- JulyIn Flower
Pink flower heads over golden leaves.
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