Spirea, Double Play® Candy Corn® SpireaCandy Corn Spirea is a dramatic upright mounding deciduous shrub with serrated leaves that emerge in spring a bright candy apple red and mature to bold yellow, and summer new growth being orange. Very showy and dense flat topped clusters of vibrant reddish violet flowers bloom from late spring into summer. Grows best in full sun and well drained soils. Drought tolerant once established, tolerates light shade. Type: Shrub Origins: Japan Height: 1. 5'