Photographs: Co. Cork

Bridewort Spiraea salicifolia Brídeach Family: Rosaceae Flowering May-August. Deciduous shrub. Garden escape. Introduced. Panicles of small 5-petalled pink flowers, often sterile. Toothed oblong-ovate leaves, hairless, turning orange/yellow in autumn. Suckering growth habit, spreads vegetatively. Height: To 2m. Identified by Paul Green Garden escape, naturalised on roadsides, riverbanks, waste ground. Similar: Spirea x pseudosalicifolia. Downy leaves.

Bridewort, Spiraea salicifolia, Brídeach