White Meadowsweet
Spiraea alba Du Roi - Rose family
Size
Mature Height: Up to around 3.0 feet
Planting Distance: 4.0 feet
Plant Type: Shrub
Root Depth: 12 inches
Growth Form: Multiple Stem
Growth Rate: Moderate
Features
Flower Color: White
Conspicuous Flowers: Yes
Bloom Time: Late Spring
Seasonal Growth: Spring and Summer
Evergreen: No
Fall Colors: No
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Intermediate
Clay Soil Tolerance: Yes
Sandy Soil Tolerance: Yes
Drought Tolerance: Low
Flood Tolerance: Medium
Fire Tolerance: High
Salt Tolerance: None
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)
Larval Species depending on White Meadowsweet: Acleris busckana, Acleris macdunnoughi, Acronicta noctivaga, Aphelia alleniana, Archips myricana, Celastrina argiolus lucia/neglecta, Cryptocala acadiensis, Diachrysia aereoides, Eupithecia anticaria, Eupithecia satyrata fumata, Eupithecia strattonata, Eurois astricta, Eurois occulta, Evora hemidesma, Harrisimemna trisignata, Hemileuca lucina, Hemileuca nevadensis -complex, Hyalophora cecropia, Lacinipolia lorea, Lithomoia solidaginis, Lithophane fagina, Lobesia spiraeae, Lycohotia phyllophora, Metarranthis duaria, Olethreutes albiciliana, Olethreutes valdanum, Oncocnemis piffardi, Orgyia antiqua, Orthosia revicta, Phlogophora periculosa, Phragmatobia lineata, Polia purpurissata, Probole amicaria, Protolampra rufipectus, Pseudohermonassa bicarnea, Sparganothis reticulatana, Sphinx gordius, Trichordestra tacoma, Xestia c-nigrum, Xestia normanianus, Xestia oblata, Xylena curvimacula, Xylena nupera
Native Range
- CAN: Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan
- USA: Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.