Thanks!

can be heavily cut back .... if need be ...

it also roots in if it hits the ground.. you might find small plants under it.. if you need them ...

it didnt matter on this one.. but if you are going to hang around.. adding your location on your member's page.. so it shows up in posts.. usually helps ...

ken

Thanks Ken, good point on the profile info. I added it.

Any experience with how drought tolerant this plant is?

Generally in the northeastern quarter of the country, it will do fine without supplemental water IME. I can't answer for anywhere else.

Once properly established, Spiraea x vanhouttei does very well without extra watering in the warmer climates, too. It's a favorite of old neighborhoods in the middle and upper south, where irrigation is not present. It's one of my favorite old fashioned plants, not used much today with the smaller yards and little emphasis placed on large plants.

What a nice looking shrub! I have been spending the last half hour trying to find one to buy....

it's gorgeous for about a month and then kinda 'meh' for the rest of the year. And DON'T prune it into a meatball - one of its charms is its graceful, arching branches.

I have yet to see one without flowers, but I guess I’m trying to imagine that the weeping branches and leaves look attractive even when the thing is just green.

Any experience with how drought tolerant this plant is

==>>> its a weed plant.. that you probably couldnt kill on the first try if you wanted ... and by weed i dont mean worthless .. i mean once established .....it needs nothing from you.. period ...

i am on what could be called course sand.. high full drainage .... and after the first year of planting.. it gets nothing from me ... whatever water ma nature provides is good enough.. no winter die back in my z5 MI ...

and i would never encourage it with anything like fert ...

ken