Bridalwreath spirea

Spiraea prunifolia

  • Bridalwreath spirea
  • Bridalwreath spirea
  • Bridalwreath spirea
  • Bridalwreath spirea
  • Bridalwreath spirea
  • Bridalwreath spirea
  • Flower name
    Bridalwreath spirea
  • Scientific name
    Spiraea prunifolia
  • Alias蜆花, bridalwreath spirea, エクボバナ, 笑窪花, Shizimi-bana, Bridalwreath
  • Place of originChina 
  • Place of floweringGarden, Cut flowers, flower arrangement
  • Flowering seasonApril, May

What is Bridalwreath spirea

Bridalwreath spirea, scientific name:Spiraea prunifolia, is a deciduous shrub of the genus Rosa of family Rosaceae native Korean peninsula ,China and Japan. Spring blooms white flowers of many branches. Stretch umbels from the branches, flowers 3-10. Flowers named s. prunifolia is named from the small white flowers similar to small white homemade Corbiculidae (corbiculids shells). Together a number of small white flowers in spring and bloom like flowers, a Department of the genus Spiraea Thunberg's meadowsweet (scientific name:Spiraea thunbergii) and Reeve's spiraea(scientific name :Spiraea cantoniensis).

Generic name: Bridalwreath spirea, scientific name:Spiraea prunifolia, aka: Shizimibana, Equbobana, bridalwreath spirea, Bridalwreath, Place of origin: China, height: 100-200 cm, bark: Brown to dark gray, leaf length:2-3.5cm, leaf: egg-shaped oval, leaf arrangement: alternate, margin: fine serrated with, flowering: April-May, floral: 2 cm, color: white, flower diameter:0.8-1cm, flowers to bloom: double, Applications: ikebana, flowers and trees.


  • Order
    Rosales
  • Family
    Rosaceae
  • Genus
    Spiraea
  • Species
    S. prunifolia
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Scattered inflorescence/ umbrella shape
  • Petal shape
    Rose-shaped
  • Leaf type
    Oval
  • Edge of the leaf
    Serrated
  • Life typeHardy deciduous shrub
  • Flower colorsWhite
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit color
  • Height100.0 ~ 200.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower0.8 ~ 1.0 cm

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