I never saw so many flowers, wild and tame: tame hydrangeas, wild grapes, wild spirea and bayberry, half-tamed, worried-looking sunflowers, with so much sun they don't know which way to turn.
"The Lightning Conductor Discovers America"
C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson and A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
The white spirea bush foamed like a wave against the wood-shed window.
"Fairy Prince and Other Stories"
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
In the corners glowed the ruby-colored Japanese quince, and the long sprays of that flower I most dearly love, the spring-like spirea which the children call bridal wreath, brushed you gently as you passed the gate.
"Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man"
Marie Conway Oemler