The compact, mounded and dense shrub is covered with tiny white flowers in late spring. The foliage will turn orange, red and purple over time.

Find Glow Girl Birch Leaf Spirea (Spiraea betulifolia 'Tor Gold') in Bozeman Helena Butte Billings Dillon Big Sky Montana MT at Cashman Nursery (Birchleaf Spirea)

Spiraea betulifolia, birch-leaved spirea

Find Glow Girl Birch Leaf Spirea (Spiraea betulifolia 'Tor Gold') in Augusta Manchester Lewiston Waterville Maine ME at Longfellow's Greenhouses (Birchleaf Spirea)

Spirea betulifolia Tor

Spiraea, Tor (Spiraea betulifolia, 'Tor') ‘Tor’ is a birchleaf spirea cultivar that typically grows 2-3’ tall in a dense, compact, rounded mound. Tiny white flowers in small flattened clusters cover the foliage in late spring. Birch-like, dark green leaves are oval and sharpely toothed. Foliage turns quality shades of orange, red and purple in autumn. Flowers are attractive to butterflies

Spirea (Spirea sp) is a deciduous shrub (it loses it foliage in winter) that thrives in USDA plant hardiness zones 3 through 9, depending on the species and variety. While there are about 80 species in the group, they are typically divided into two groups. Spring and summer blooming spirea.

Spirea is loved for its multi-season beauty, with flowering shrubs available in different sizes and shapes. Learn about 9 different types for your garden.

Virtually indestructible, Spiraea betulifolia (Birchleaf Spirea) is a compact, rounded, deciduous shrub with multi-season interest. In early to late summer, a profusion of small, flat clusters of tiny white flowers cover the foliage of birch-like, round to egg-shaped, dark green leaves, 2 in. long (5 cm). The flowers produce nectar and pollen, which attract bees, butterflies, and other pollinating insects.