A Durable Shrub with Fabulous Foliage!
Who doesn’t love a colorful landscape? Better yet, a single plant that offers the whole color spectrum in one. Double Play® Candy Corn® spirea (Spiraea japonica) is an outrageously colorful shrub that will dazzle you with stunning combinations from spring through fall.
Beginning in early spring, Double Play Candy Corn’s new growth emerges a bright, apple-red. As the leaves expand, vivid orange tones appear before finally settling into a pineapple yellow. In late spring/early summer, purple flowers cover the plant, sitting nicely among the foliage.
Double Play Candy Corn spirea thrives in USDA zones 4-8. It enjoys full to part sun; however, in warmer climates, try to position it in a spot that receives some afternoon shade to protect it from the harshest exposure. This variety naturally grows in a neat, compact habit, reaching a mature size of 1.5-2.5 feet tall and wide. It is a durable landscape shrub that also displays excellent deer resistance, promising an appearance that stays full and attractive.
Double Play Candy Corn spirea is part of our InCheck® plant program. As a sterile selection, it offers additional convenience for gardeners looking to keep their landscape as low-maintenance as possible.
Horticultural Showcase Garden
At Proven Winners ColorChoice, we’re constantly working to find and develop varieties that make your landscape look great while making your gardening life easier. We spend years trialing and testing every new selection before it joins our lineup, so you can be confident it will perform in real garden conditions.
A great example of this commitment is our work with Dr. Tom Ranney and his team at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research & Extension Center in North Carolina. They’ve been the innovative minds behind several standout plants in our catalog, including Double Play® Candy Corn® spirea. Below is a video introducing the Horticultural Showcase Garden at the New Hanover County Arboretum and Cooperative Extension in Wilmington, NC. It serves as a living classroom, demonstrating how these plants perform in coastal environments while providing inspiration and support for research-based landscaping.