There's no need to make the difficult choice between beauty and low-maintenance when you decide to plant the Anthony Waterer Spirea, this colorful flowering shrub has it all. An abundance of miniature flowers bloom within inflorescences, which refers to a tight cluster of many small flowers blooming together in unison. These rose-pink flowers literally sparkle in the sunlight like diamonds due to their long pollen-covered filaments, creating a dazzling effect. Flower bunches blossom all the way around the ever-changing foliage of this compact shrub. The foliage begins light yellow-green in spring and gradually deepens in summer to gain a very unique blue tinge. Then in a most surprising autumn transformation, the deep blue-green foliage brightens to a vivid crimson hue. Unlike many flowerings shrubs, the blossoms of an Anthony Waterer Spirea are far from its only attractive feature. Spirea are among the hardiest of all compact flowering shrubs cultivated today and Anthony Waterer is no exception tolerating temperatures below even -25F. This Spirea will grow between 2 ft. to 3 ft. in height and 3 ft. to 4 ft. in width at maturity. Flourishes in both shade and sun.