This shrub is deciduous so it will lose all its leaves in autumn, then fresh new foliage appears again each spring.

• Position: full sun or partial shade
• Soil: moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
• Rate of growth: average
• Flowering period: May to September
• Hardiness: fully hardy
  
  This delightful, deciduous shrub with horizontally tiered branches is an excellent specimen plant for a moist, well-drained, sunny border. Longer flowering than other forms of Japanese snowball bush 'Summer Snowflake' produces showy, white, lacecap-like flowers from late-spring until the first frosts and dark green leaves with prominent veining, turning red-purple in autumn.
  
  
• Garden care: Keep the pruning of young plants to a minimum. Any vertical shoots that threaten to spoil the distinctive tiered shape of established plants should be cut back to their point of origin in summer after flowering. Apply a generous 5-7cm (2-3in) mulch of well-rotted garden compost or manure around the base of the plant.