Proven Winner® Color Choice® Double Play Big Bang®Spiraea

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SKU
9932

The Proven Winner® Color Choice® Double Play Big Bang®Spiraea (Spiraea 'Tracy' PP21588) is an ornamental shrub with extensive displays of color. Your Spiraea would have been better named a Triple Play with its orange, yellow and pink blasts of color! As if the radiant foliage isn't enough, your Spiraea will also grace your yard with the largest flowers of any Spiraea you'll ever see! These big blooms will certainly draw loads of bees and butterflies your way!

Your Spiraea begins its dazzling display in the spring with orange-hued foliage, that transitions to lustrous yellow all summer long before returning to a golden orange for autumn. Giant clusters of blossoms will adorn your Spiraea with a burst of bright pink color in the spring, and last into mid-summer. It's a show-stopper to be sure!

Your Double Play Big Bang® Spirea will grow 2-3 feet tall with an equal spread. Overall, the Spiraea family is a great investment in an ornamental shrub that is incredibly cold-hardy in USDA growing zones 3-8. For the small amount of space it requires and little care, it certainly provides an abundance of color and beauty. Deer don't seem interested in it, but bees and butterflies will appreciate you having a few in your yard.

Planting and Application:

It would be a stand-out in your landscape as a mass planting, or even as just a few plants scattered amid your perennial bed. Perfectly suited to add that juicy pop of color to your mixed shrub landscapes and creates an incredible block of visual impact as a border or hedge, and are spectacular when planted en masse! Mix among pollinator borders and spice up an urban or modern garden with vibrant color!

With such unusual and brilliant color, Big Bang® is sure to turn heads wherever you plant it in your landscape. Ideally sized to hold its own in containers and planters as well as mingle among other plants politely, both in the porch pot and balcony plantings alike! Double Play® Spirea creates gorgeous foundation plantings and it lines and edges a garden or border with color all season.

  • Fizzy Extra Large Pink Blooms
  • Abundant 3-Season Interest
  • Carefree & Low-Maintenance
  • Golden Orange Fall Foliage
  • En Masse, Containers, Hedges, Foundations & Edging

#ProPlantTips for Care:

Spiraea shrubs are tough plants that tolerate nearly any condition full sun and partial shade location. Tolerating a wide range of soils and even urban environments. As long as it is well-drained and not soggy, these shrubs do fantastic in your landscape! Then, these shrubs are xeric and drought tolerant. But for the healthiest shrub provide regular moisture in times of need. Prune/Deadheading after the flowers have faded will encourage repeat blooming, but it's generally carefree.

  • Tough Tolerant & Loves Full Sun
  • Moderate to Low Moisture Needs Once Established
  • Most Types of Well-Drained Soil & Appreciates & Mulched Beds
  • Prune/Deadhead After Flowering
  • Deer Resistant & Cold Hardy

With a Double Play Big Bang® Spiraea you'll get spring, summer and fall color all at once, and all summer long! These pink blooms and colorful foliage add a big bang of color to your landscape! So hurry and order yours from NatureHIlls.com before they’re gone!

Buying Options for Plants

Nature Hills sells a large variety of plants with several options available. Plants are offered in both potted containers and as dormant bare root without soil. Here is a helpful resource to understand your options as you create a beautiful landscape with help from Nature Hills.

Ever wonder what a larger plant will mean for your landscape? Container Sizes are really all about the age of the plant!

Seasonally, Nature Hills offers hand selected, high quality bare root trees, shrubs and perennials. Bare root plants are sold by height from the top of the root system to the top of the plant. Plants may be taller than the height minimums.

  • Popular sizes of select trees are 1 foot, 2 feet, 3 feet, etc.
  • Popular sizes of select bare root plants is 1 foot, 18 inches, etc.

Nature Hills Container Size by Volume

Keep in mind, specific varieties and different growing conditions can affect the rate at which plants grow. Variations in size may occur.

Young Plants to 18 Months
Size Volume
2"x2"x3" Ranges from .18 to .21 dry quarts / .198 to .23 dry liters in volume
4.5" Container Equal to .65 dry quart / .72 dry liter in volume
Sprinter Pot Equal to .63 dry quart / .69 dry liter in volume
4" Container Ranges from .31 to .87 / .35 to .96 dry liter in volume
6" Container Equal to 1.4 dry quarts / 1.59 dry liters in volume
1 Quart Equal to 1 dry quart / 1.1 dry liter in volume
5.5" Container Equal to 1.89 of a dry quart / 2.08 dry liters in volume
4"x4"x5" Ranges from .8 to 1.1 dry quarts / .88 to 1.2 dry liters in volume
4"x4"x6" Ranges from 1.0 to 1.3 dry quarts / 1.1 to 1.41 dry liters in volume
4"x4"x9" Ranges from 1.1 to 2.1 dry quarts / 1.2 to 2.3 dry liters in volume
4"x4"x10" Ranges from 1.7 to 2.3 dry quart / 1.87 to 2.53 dry liters in volume
Plants 18 Months - 2.5 Years Old
Size Volume
2 Quart Equal to 2 dry quarts / 2.2 dry liters in volume
#1 Container Ranges from 2.26 to 3.73 dry quarts / 2.49 to 4.11 dry liters in volume
5"x5"x12" Equal to 3.5 to 4.3 dry quarts / 3.85 to 4.74 dry liters in volume
Plants 2 - 4 Years Old
Size Volume
#2 Container Ranges from 1.19 to 1.76 dry gallons / 5.24 to 7.75 dry liters in volume
#3 Container Ranges from 2.32 to 2.76 dry gallons / 10.22 to 12.16 dry liters in volume
Plants 3 - 5 Years Old
Size Volume
#5 Container Ranges from 2.92 to 4.62 dry gallons / 12.86 to 20.35 dry liters in volume
#6 Container Ranges from 5.25 to 6.01 dry gallons / 23.12 to 26.42 dry liters in volume
#7 Container Ranges from 5.98 to 6.08 dry gallons / 26.34 to 26.78 dry liters in volume

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Shipping

To obtain a more accurate shipment time-frame, simply enter your zip code in the “Find Your Growing Zone” box to the right. Our plants are grown all over the country and lead time on items may be different because of this. Once your order is placed, you will also receive the specific shipment time-frame information as part of your order confirmation. Once an item ships, you will receive shipment notification and tracking numbers, so you can follow along while your plant travels to your doorstep. We use FedEx, UPS, or USPS at our discretion.

Due to winter weather we have put a hold on shipping to the areas shown below in grey. You can still order now and we will ship the plant to you during an appropriate time for your zone.

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Shipping Rates

At Nature Hills we handle, package and ship the products you order with the utmost care to ensure healthy delivery. Shipping and handling charges are calculated based on the tables below. Please note that some items include an additional handling surcharge, these will be noted on the item's product page.

From To S&H
0 - 19.99 24.99
20 - 49.99 29.99
50 - 69.99 34.99
70 - 99.99 39.99
100 - 129.99 44.99
130 - 149.99 48.99
150 - 150+ Approx 28%

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PLANT HIGHLIGHTS

Proven Winner® Color Choice® Double Play Big Bang®Spiraea Is Suited to Grow in Zones 3-8
Growing Zones 3-8
More Information
Brand Proven Winners ColorChoice
Botanical Name Spiraea 'Tracy'
Type Deciduous
Mature Height 2 - 3 feet
Mature Spread 2 - 3 feet
Sun Exposure Full Sun
Soil Well Drained
Moisture Moderate to Low
Growth Rate Medium
Flower Color Red Ages Yellow
Foliage Red Ages Yellow
Fall Color Yellow, Orange
Pollinator Friendly Yes
Pruning Time After Flowering