With a changing color palette borrowed from a favorite Halloween candy, Spiraea japonica Double Play® Candy Corn® is an eye-catching little shrub that greets spring with brilliant red foliage. As the season progresses, the leaves turn sunny yellow with new growth emerging orange. Red-violet flowers in late spring and early summer make this flamboyant member of the Double Play® Series a visual treat. A Proven Winners®/Color Choice® variety. 'NCSX1' PP 28,313
This genus of deciduous shrubs includes about a hundred species, all native to the Northern Hemisphere. Among them are dozens of attractive varieties that are extraordinarily well suited to contemporary gardens by virtue of their generous flowering habit and easy culture in average, well-drained soil.
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