Double Play® Candy Corn® Spirea 'NCXI'
Family: Rosaceae (Rose Family)
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Hardiness Zones: 4-8
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Height: 18-24 inches
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Spread: 18-30 inches
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Bloom Time: late spring through summer
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Bloom: clusters of dark purple flowers at tips of branches
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Light: full sun to light shade
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Soil: adaptable to most well-drained
soil
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Moisture: moist; tolerates some drought
once established
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Use: mass plantings, foundations,
borders, low hedges, edging, containers, specimen for foliage interest;
attracts butterflies and humming birds
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Care: easy maintenance; remove spent
blooms to promote continued flowering; water deeply when top 2 inches of soil
is dry; apply controlled release fertilizer in spring; flowers on new wood, so
if prune up to 1/3 of growth in late winter or early spring, if needed
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Concerns: no serious insect or disease
problems
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Native to: species native to Japan and China
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Notes: colorful, low-growing deciduous
shrub with rounded habit; foliage emerges candy-apple red in spring and matures
to intense yellow; new growth continues to emerge bright orange all season,
providing a multihued display; rabbit and deer resistant; urban pollution
tolerant
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Supplier: Ebert's Greenhouse Village
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Teaching Garden
Location & Code: Sidewalk Garden G293
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