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Double Play Doozie® Spirea Spiraea x

Flower Season
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Fall
Mature Size
3' 3'
Height: 2' - 3'
Spread: 2' - 3'
Top Seller
  • Details

    Features

    This spirea is better than great - it's a doozie!

    Spirea is an old landscape staple, so what could one do that could possible earn it superlatives? Well, seedless and non-invasive would be a start; non-stop blooming would be even better. And these are exactly what makes Double Play Doozie spirea the most beautiful, innovative, ground-breaking spirea to ever grace a landscape. Like all of the Double Play® spirea series, the show begins in early spring, when the foliage emerges in blazing brilliant color - in this case, deep red. By late spring, the flowers begin to emerge, a bright, glowing purple-red that truly sings in the landscape. And as summer comes on, the show doesn't stop: it just keeps flowering, and flowering, and flowering. Because it produces no seeds, it puts all of its energy into flowering! It does it all with the same good looks, drought tolerance, and deer resistance that you expect from spirea, too. 

    Top reasons to grow Double Play Doozie® spirea:

    - Non-invasive! Sets no seed so won't spread into the wild.

    - Blooms non-stop - all the energy it would spend developing seed goes into blooming instead.

    - Deer resistant and very hardy.

    Best Seller
    Continuous Bloom or Rebloomer
    Deadheading Not Necessary
    Resists: 
    Deer

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Shrub
    Shrub Type: 
    Deciduous
    Height Category: 
    Short
    Garden Height: 
    24 - 36 Inches
    Spacing: 
    24 - 36 Inches
    Spread: 
    24 - 36 Inches
    Flower Colors: 
    Red
    Flower Shade: 
    Red-Purple
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    Green
    Habit: 
    Mounded
    Container Role: 
    Filler

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Part Sun to Sun
    Light Requirement: 
    Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Blooms On: 
    New Wood
    Bloom Time: 
    Summer through Fall
    Bloom Time: 
    Late Spring
    Hardiness Zones: 
    3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Uses: 
    Border Plant
    Uses: 
    Container
    Uses: 
    Edging Plant
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses: 
    Mass Planting
    Uses: 
    Specimen or Focal Point
    Uses Notes: 

    Spirea is a landscaping classic, thanks to its neat, mounded habit. It makes a nice edging, accent plant, or perennial garden companion. In the landscape, plant in multiples of 3 for an eye-catching display.

    Maintenance Notes: 

    Double Play Doozie is as low maintenance as other spirea. You can give it a light trim after its first bloom in late spring if you'd like to see a reflush of the bright red new growth. Remove the oldest, woodiest stems every couple of years or so to keep growth fresh and vigorous.

    Double Play Doozie® Spiraea x 'NCSX2' USPP 30,953, Can PBRAF
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    Browse reviews from people who have grown this plant.
    • This plant is just stunning and its blooms are especially beautiful as cut flowers for bouquets! The first year planted in the ground, this plant did not flower but it had beautiful foliage! Especially in fall! The second year the plant grew a good bit in size but only produced just a few flowers, but WOW the third year +, this plant showed its true beauty! It bloomed beautiful large flowers that changed colors based on their age of bloom! This plant continued to bloom and bloom, specifically starting in May here in zone 7B. I have a lot of flowers and plants and this is by far one of my favorites and a true show stopper in the garden! I am so happy I planted this plant, even though it took two years to adjust, it is definitely worth it!! Just be patient! This plant is planted right below our pink Crape Myrtle where the foliage and texture of the spirea really compliments this tree!

      Kayla
      , South Carolina
      , United States
      , 3 min ago
    • I love this shrub! First of all, it is as described with bright red new growth (not just in Spring but as it has continued to grow) as well as showy, dark purple/red buds that burst into a brilliant, almost-red blossom that slowly fades through various stages of pink that take a long time to turn brown. I have 3 that arrived last Oct as teeny-tiny shrubs in quart pots. They leafed out in March, started blooming in early May (zone 8b) and continued non-stop with many new buds continuing to develop and have quadrupled in size. We have had unusual weather each season from the time they were planted which unexpectedly brought on powdery mildew. One was affected quite severely very quickly but responded very well to just 3 treatment applications and bounced back beautifully! Very tough plants, with lots of curb appeal and live up to the name 'Doozie'!

      Christine Frye
      , Washington
      , United States
      , 1 year ago
    • We planted 4 of these to replace some mini fountain grass that had died off from the winter freeze in Texas. We just love them, they have grown and have bloomed continuously. Very Happy With.

      Allen
      , Texas
      , United States
      , 1 year ago
    • I have no complaints about this plant. First 2 years it was in a container and last fall I put it in the ground. This spring it is lovely. Very early spring bloomer and as described. No problem with very hot weather and humidity in the container last year but I did keep it well watered.

      Jody
      , Virginia
      , United States
      , 1 year ago
    • I planted three of these spirea late spring, last year. They settled in, grew a bit, but no blooms. This spring they really came to life. Each shrub is easily 3-4x's the size it was last spring; the foliage was beautiful early through mid-spring; the blooms started in mid-May and it's just been stunning. They are sited in a part sun spot under a deciduous tree, in a front garden bed, and the deer leave it alone. Proven Winners' overview about Doozie is accurate. It is already reblooming; it is more upright than other spirea, and the bloom/foliage colors are true to the overview descriptions and, the pics on their site.

      Marcia
      , Missouri
      , United States
      , 3 years ago
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