Spiraea X bumalda 'Goldflame'

A dense, upright, mounded, deciduous shrub that typically grows 3' tall with a slightly larger spread. Leaves are oval and sharpely toothed. Tiny, rose pink flowers in flat-topped clusters cover the foliage in late spring to mid-summer with sparse and intermittent repeat bloom often occurring throughout the remainder of the growing season. Flowers are attractive to butterflies.

‘Goldflame’ is noted for the changing colors of its foliage. Leaves emerge bronze-red in spring, mature to yellow-green by summer and finally acquire interesting yellow-orange-copper hues in fall. This is a compact, mounded-to-spreading cultivar that grows with a somewhat irregular habit.