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Home » Gardening » Gold Flame Spirea, Growing, Selling and Propagating this Awesome Plant.

Gold Flame Spirea, Growing, Selling and Propagating this Awesome Plant.

Published : December 2, 2015

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Gold Flame Spirea

Gold Flame Spirea

Gold Flame Spirea, Spiraea x bumalda ‘Goldflame’ is extremely colorful and eye catching.  It’s easy to grow, easy to propagate and sells like wild fire!  I’ve got a few of them planted around the nursery and as soon as people see them they ask about them.  This is a plant that we can’t seem to grow enough of.

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For years and years and years this has been a good selling plant for me, but when I started back into the nursery business in 2011 I didn’t have a single plant that I could take cuttings from so I desperately need to find some.

But first a few things you should know about me, in case you don’t.

My first backyard nursery was 1/20th of an acre.  In 2003 we sold that house and I quit growing for a while.  If you haven’t read that story, you should. It’s here.   It’s a bit on the ugly side.

Pam and I bought a piece of property and I started growing again in 2011.  Since the day we bought that property it has been a crazy ride and I’ve documented it here. I’m really proud of this, I hope you take a look.

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Okay, so I desperately need some Gold Flame Spirea so I could start growing and propagating them.  I went to Our Members Area, Where Else Right? and asked if anybody had any rooted cuttings that they’d like to sell.  This young kid from Clinton, Tennessee said that he had some and would sell them for 60 cents each and probably had around 200 of them.  I said; “I’ll take them all.”

Couple of things you should know about that story.  Up until I bought those plants from Nathan I knew nothing about him.  He was just quietly following along trying to get started growing and selling plants.  Since that time he has become an amazing member, selling all kinds of plants to other members, he’s had a few very successful plant sales and I am very proud to just have a small part in any success that he’s had.  He was only 18 years old, still in high school, when his mother showed him my website.

This is the box of plants that I bought from Nathan for $120.00.

Gold Flame Spirea, hardy in zones 2 through 10.

Gold Flame Spirea, hardy in zones 2 through 10.

When I look at the above photo do you know what I see?  Cuttings, cuttings and more cuttings!  Just look at all of the cuttings that are ready to stick from just one plant.

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Gold Flame Spirea planted along the donkey fence.

Gold Flame Spirea planted along the donkey fence.

The plant with the white flowers is Abbotswood Potentilla.  Ignore that for now, I’ll do an article about that as well.

Left unpruned Gold Flame Spirea can grow to a height and width of 36″, but I keep mine trimmed to 18″ high and wide.  I won’t say that they are deer resistant, but they most certainly are deer resilient.  In other words, if the deer eat them to the ground they’ll come back just fine.

Pictures just don’t do this plant justice.  In the spring Gold Flame just screams;  “Look at me!”  The burnt orange color is breath taking and eye catching.  Then again in the fall, they color up again.  In June they bloom with lavender flowers.  In other words, this is a pretty amazing plant!

And the best part?

Gold Flame Spirea is hardy and easy to grow and propagate.

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They root super fast in the summer as Softwood Cuttings and they root just as easily in the winter as Hardwood Cuttings.

Isn’t that crazy?  Stick a twig in the ground in the dead winter and get a new plant, or 100 or 1,000 new plants?  That’s why I love what I do and love teaching it to others.

This is How You Do them in the Summer.

This is How You Do them in the Dead of Winter.

Questions or comments?  Post them below and I’ll answer them for you.

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Comments

  1. Karen says

    September 24, 2021 at 4:35 pm

    It’s late September now and I am selling my fathers house in 9/27. He has one of these Spirea plants for as long as I can remember. How do I get some sprigs before then So can grow my own plant from that bush?

    Reply
    • Mike says

      September 25, 2021 at 5:53 am

      Karen,

      Take them now and use the trash bag method. See this; https://mikesbackyardnursery.com/2015/01/easy-summertime-plant-propagation-techniques-can-home/

      Reply
  2. Kenny Caristo says

    June 26, 2021 at 12:16 pm

    Hey Mike, I love that variety of Spirea I wish I could get some cuttings!! I am well love growing and propagating plants. I have a back yard nursery growing on.

    Reply
    • Mike says

      June 27, 2021 at 8:11 am

      Kenny,

      You can buy Gold Flame Liners in the members area, http://backyardgrowers.com/join, when it’s open. They sell like crazy!

      Reply
  3. Vicki says

    May 22, 2021 at 11:42 pm

    Hi! Thanks for your article on goldflame spireas. I would like to plant some but afraid they may be too big for my spot. You said you kept yours at 18 inches. Do you just cut them all the way back in the winter and then leave them alone or are you trimming as needed? I didn’t want to interfere with its coloring. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Mike says

      May 23, 2021 at 7:33 am

      Vicki,

      I usually trim them in mid summer when they pretty much stopped growing. If they get too large you can cut them back really hard in the late fall and they’ll be fine.

      Reply
  4. Zettu says

    May 8, 2021 at 9:59 pm

    Thank you, Mike. I’ve learned a lot from watching your YouTube videos.

    Reply
  5. Anonymous says

    June 17, 2018 at 4:01 pm

    Spirea and Potentilla, great photo. I’ll be sure to never visit this site again. You should be ashamed

    Reply
    • Mike says

      June 17, 2018 at 7:04 pm

      Ashamed of what?

      Reply
  6. John says

    April 30, 2017 at 6:15 am

    Is gold flame currently patented? Thanksjohn

    Reply
    • Mike says

      April 30, 2017 at 7:48 am

      John,

      No it is not, I do thousands of them.

      Reply
  7. Kathy Stooksbury says

    October 25, 2016 at 10:38 am

    Mike,thanks for letting us know who u bought your plants from and where he lives.. I only live a few miles feom Clinton Tn so i looked him up. Went to meet him and of course bought some stock plants from him. The plants were great and he has been ever so helpful to answer all my questions and give advice. Thanks

    Reply
  8. jo says

    January 14, 2016 at 1:40 pm

    really enjoy reading your articles some of them I have used don’t do a lot of gardening but looking forward to it, I love this plant. Gold Flame Spirea . where could I buy this plant?

    Reply

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