One of the things that we inherited from the previous homeowners was a hedge of spirea that runs North/South along the Western side of the property. Spirea are fairly popular as hedges around here and not terribly noteworthy. We kept the hedgerow and actually added to it in a couple of places to make a consistent hedge.
Once or twice per Summer I get out the hedge trimmers and actually make the row of Spirea look more hedge-like. It's one of the few elements of "structure" in a garden whose character could best be described as wild or random or natural, depending on your level of snarkiness at the time. In early Summer the Spirea put out profusions of white flowers and smell quite lovely, but other than that they're quite unremarkable.
It's quite a show of tiny white flowers, but only for a few weeks, then it's back to being ordinary hedge plants. We probably wouldn't have created this hedgerow look on our own, but since it's already here, we might as well embrace it.
I'm not sure of the exact variety of Spirea, so sorry if I can't give you a more precise name or a Latin name for this plant.
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