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Spiraea media 'SMSMBK'
Choose Double Play® Blue Kazoo® Spirea if you want a compact, mounded shrub with cool blue-green foliage and spring white flowers. The tradeoff: it is not a privacy plant, and the cleanest look comes with light pruning after bloom.
Buy This If
You want blue-toned foliage.
You prefer white spring flowers.
You need a compact border shrub.
Skip This If
You need privacy height.
Your site is mostly shade.
You dislike pruning after bloom.
PGNE Report Card
Category
Grade
Why
Landscape Impact
B+
The blue-green foliage gives it more presence than many small spireas, especially before and after bloom.
Growth Rate
B
It fills in at a useful pace without becoming a fast, loose shrub.
Maintenance
B
A light trim after flowering keeps the mound tidy and helps prevent a twiggy look.
Deer Resistance
B+
Deer tend to leave this alone, though hungry deer may sample it where pressure is heavy.
Small Space Fit
A
Its compact habit works well where larger flowering shrubs would crowd a walk or foundation.
Screening Value
D
This is a low border shrub, not a plant for blocking views or property lines.
Our Experience
At PGNE, we'd typically recommend this for front-of-bed structure where deer resistance, compact size, and foliage color matter more than heavy bloom volume or screening.
Plant Facts
Mature Height
2.5 ft
Mature Width
2.5 ft
Hardiness Zones
3a-8b
Spacing
2.5 ft
Sun
full sun
Moisture
average to moist
Growth Habit
Rounded, mounding, compact
Customers Usually Ask
Does it stay small enough near a walkway?
Yes, with normal spacing and a light post-bloom trim, it suits walkway edges well.
Is it mainly grown for flowers or foliage?
Foliage is the main reason to choose it; the white spring flowers are a bonus.
Will deer eat it?
It has good deer resistance, though no shrub is completely ignored in every yard.
Why buy for fall color
See the actual color before you buy it
Foliage, berries and late bloom — all three seasons of interest
Fall planting means roots established before winter
Grown and hardened off for New England conditions
We grow and acclimate our Proven Winners stock right here in New Hampshire, so it's ready for New England winters before it ever leaves our nursery.
We use your zone to recommend plants that survive your winters, and to estimate when your
order ships — we ship each plant when the weather where you live is right for it.
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