

Helpful Planting & Care Tips Provided By Our Experts. Prune as needed immediately after flowering to maintain a desired shape. It tolerates a wide range of soils and some drought.
#MELLOW YELLOW SPIREA FULL#
In our gardens its growing where it gets a little afternoon filtered sun and is doing fine, however the best golden foliage occurs in full sun. Mellow Yellow Spirea is exceptionally easy to grow in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full to mostly sun. Mellow Yellow normally flowers in late March to early April, so mid-April is prime pruning time. Single specimen, groupings, flowering shrub borders, shrub borders, natural hedge, clipped formal hedge, home foundation plantings, erosion control on slopes and embankments, butterfly gardens, asian theme gardens, cottage gardens, The best time to do that is right after its done flowering. Its twiggy, slender branches arch and flounce, giving the plant a uniquely soft textural quality.


In fall its leaves turn bright orange and remain on the plant up to Christmas time, depending on weather. The tiny grassy leaves are highly ornamental and turn an outstanding orange in the fall. It has attractive chartreuse deciduous foliage which emerges yellow in spring. Its feathery leaves emerge a bright golden-yellow and gradually change to bright green during summer, creating a pleasing contrast with other, more stolid shrubs. Mellow Yellow Spirea is bathed in stunning clusters of white flowers along the branches in early spring before the leaves. In early spring, before its leaves have unfurled, its slender branches are covered with dazzling white flowers borne in numerous clusters. Not only is it's bright yellow foliage stunning in the garden, it is one of the earliest-blooming shrubs and one of the last to lose its leaves. Ogon spirea is that and a whole lot more. Narrow, linear-lanceolate, sparsely-toothed leaves (to 1.5 long) emerge golden yellow in spring, mature to bright green in. We're always on the lookout for easy-care shrubs with great foliage that are drought tolerant and deer resistant.
