Spirea

My brother has just given me a very young Spirea, just 6 inches tall.
Can somebody tell me the height and spread fully grown please.

 

Sheal, a lot depends on variety, but an average would be 3 to 4 feet.

 

Thanks Dai. Sorry I don't know the variety.

 

If you could post a pic?

I have just removed a Douglas Spirea from my garden which, within a few years, had grown to about 8 ft tall and about 4ft wide. It had grown into my garden from the roots of my neighbours plant crawling under the fence. It was very pretty but it was starting to become a thug and it was pushing everything else out of the way, so it had to go.

 

You can always keep it trimmed to suit the size you want
It is a lovely shrub

 

Thanks all, I'm not sure whether I will plant this now. It worries me it might be a little rampant for the site I was thinking of and running roots would also be a problem. I'll get my thinking cap on again.

 

Have never found spirea rampant as such

 

Don't let my Spirea put you off - it was a particularly thuggish type, but there are different types which vary greatly.

Here's the one I had:

 

I've managed to find out which one my brother has given me. Even though it's only small, the roots are of concern as I'm thinking of planting it close to a drain for the mains sewer that runs through my garden.

 

S. billardii, which, I have to admit, is definitely, a thug.