Spiraea japonica ‘Goldflame’
“Burkwood viburnum”
ROSACEAE
Deciduous Shrub
Zone: 4 – 9
Native habitat : Japan
Conditions
Soil: fertile
Moisture: well drained, even moisture (to thrive)
Light: full sun (in Victoria, other climates may burn) to part shade (preferable)
Exposure: general
Plant size (h x w): 3′ x 4″
Other:
Aesthetic
Shape/stem: mounded, oval
Leaf: simple, pinnate, alternate, ovate, double serrate, green/green-yellow, new spring foliage yellow-orange-red, turns redish in fall
Flower: comyb of perfect flowers with 5 petals, generally looking pale, sickly and incipid, 4″
Bloom: late March
Other: grows to be 3′ in a year in best conditions
Treatment (how to…)
Plant: regular care, grows quickly to full form
Maintain: low maintenance and unfussy, can cut hard back every year to shape (early January), coppice or remove 1/3 of oldest stems yearly (if not yearly pruned looks messy)
Propagate: cutting
Uses
Landscape: informal hedge, ground cover, mixed boarder, accent, spring interest
Companion planting: possible suggestions: creeping juniper, Loroepetalum, Aster lateriflorus, Heuchera
Medicinal: non known
Other: if you prune it into a ball it wont flower
Vulnerabilities
Pests and disease: none significant, may be susceptible to that of its family
(Rosaceae: leaf spot, powdery mildew, root rot, aphids, scale)
Deer resistant: yes, likely
Other animals:
Interest
Local info,: not native
Pot size (to purchase): 1 gallon
Nature: easy going small deciduous shrub with great folliage colour interest
Identification (key features): Leaves start bronze-red and then turn yellow-green in summer, yellow/red/orange in fall; Winter branches fine, upright with many dry terminal fruit clusters, bark reddy-brown, smooth.
Interesting facts:
Cultivars: is a cultivar; other,
S. j. ‘Golden Princess’ – 36″ – 48″ x 36″ – 48″,
S. j. ”Magic Carpet’ – more compact, more intense colour, mounding form, 18″ – 24″
Comments:
. west coast island blooms . 
