Sometimes you just have to … wait … for … it. There have been years when my row of old-fashioned bridal wreath spireas planted on the hill have bloomed ...

When is the best time to prune golden vicary privet and bridal wreath spirea? The privets are on the south side of the house and have had a rough summer due to heat and drought. We have given them a ...

Q: My 30-year-old bridal wreath shrubs don't bloom as well as they use to. Should I cut them back? — J.B., Houston A: To gradually renew a shrub, select a few of the oldest, tallest branches and ...

Spring bloom are here, so there is no time like now to window shop in the neighborhood for spring blooming ideas. Bridal wreath spirea (Spiraea prunifolia) is a shrub that should never be pruned into ...

Old-fashioned shrubs need love, too. Lilacs and bridal-wreath spireas have been around for a century, but neither are native to the Americas. Spirea and some lilacs are natives of China. Lilacs are ...