Gray Dogwood vs Anthony Waterer Spiraea - TreeTime.ca

Gray Dogwood vs Anthony Waterer Spiraea

Spiraea japonica Anthony Waterer

Cornus racemosa

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Anthony Waterer Spiraea
Gray Dogwood

Anthony Waterer Spiraea is a low maintenance shrub with a dwarf, rounded form. In spring and summer rosy pink blooms emerge against green foliage. Its tolerance of a variety of well-drained soils makes it an ideal foundation, landscaping, or border plant.

If deer and rabbit are an issue on your property, consider planting Anthony Waterer Spiraea for its deer/rabbit resistance. Due to its compact form, minimal pruning is required.

Gray dogwood is a thicket-forming, deciduous shrub with greenish-white blossoms in open, terminal clusters. Young twigs are red and the fruit pedicels remain conspicuously red into late fall and early winter.

Fruit itself is a white, 1/4 in. drupe that usually does not remain on the shrub for long.

Great for naturalizing wild areas, this shrub attracts birds and other wildlife.

Anthony Waterer Spiraea Quick Facts

Gray Dogwood Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 4a
Height: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: any
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: any
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: slow
Life span: short
Life span: medium
Suckering: low
Suckering: medium


Fall colour: orange to red
Fall colour: deep, reddish puple
Flowers: bright pink flowers
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: MB, ON, QC