{"id":14092,"date":"2023-04-27T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T16:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=14092"},"modified":"2023-04-02T14:32:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T18:32:26","slug":"false-spirea-sorbaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2023\/04\/27\/false-spirea-sorbaria\/","title":{"rendered":"False Spirea (Sorbaria)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ural False Spirea (Sorbaria sorbifolia<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ural false spirea (Sorbaria sorbifolia<\/em>) is a vigorous suckering deciduous shrub. It typically grows 5-10 feet tall and wide depending on variety and soil quality. (USDA hardiness zones 2 -7). False spirea has coarse leaf textured foliage that resembles mountain ash (Sorbus<\/em>\u00a0sp.), hence the scientific name. It is listed in the rose (Roseacea) family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jungle-like is the best description of false spirea. In my travels I\u2019ve seen plants inhabiting many zoos around the U.S. Its shoots are among the first to arise in spring. Dense, terminal, pyramidal panicles (to 10 inches long) of tiny white flowers begin to form. By late spring\/early summer, fluffy clusters of white flowers sit atop the shrub and attract butterflies and other pollinators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Early Summer Flowers and Compound Foliage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Foliage is at its eye-catching best through spring-summer seasons. The alternate, pinnately compound up to 12 inches long, with 12 to 25 leaflets, and each grow 4 inches long and 1 inch wide. Leaf margins are double serrated and pointed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

False spirea is an\nexcellent option for vegetating difficult locations in a landscape. It\u2019s very\nuseful tool for erosion prevention. False spirea puts out runners that will\ncolonize the area it\u2019s planted in. Be aware how aggressive false spirea will\ngrow. It\u2019s really ideal for slopes and other areas that you don\u2019t want to\nfrequently manage, or parking lot beds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

False spirea grows in full or part sun and grows best in average, medium moisture, humus-rich, well-drained soils in full sun. Once established after its first year of planting, false spirea is drought tolerant and thrives in poor soil, acidic or alkaline, as long as they are adequately drained. Its foliage loses much of its pizzazz over an extended dry period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To control its spread,\ntake a sharp garden spade, plunge it into the soil to separate from the main\nplant, and pull them out. Little to no additional pruning is necessary. Prune in late\nwinter to early spring by cutting back plants close to the ground to\nrejuvenate. No serious disease and insect pests trouble false spirea and it is\nnot deer resistant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cultivars:<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Sem’ is a small, compact selection\nwith seasonal changes in leaf color. Spring\u2019s fern-like foliage starts out pink\nto red, turns chartreuse with bronze tips, then solid green at the start of\nsummer, leaves turn green later in summer, and finishes reddish in late fall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mustard\u2122 according\nto PW has more colorful foliage than \u2018Sem\u2019 and grows shorter (2-3 feet tall and\n3-4 feet wide). With seasonal foliage changes of chartreuse, pink and red. Flowering\nis secondary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cherry\nOn Top\u2122 (Bococot) from Bloomin\u2019 Easy produces white plumes in summer, followed\nby red seed pods instead of the traditional dried brown seeds that persist\nthrough winter. Great food for birds!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ural false spirea (Sorbaria sorbifolia) is a vigorous suckering deciduous shrub. It typically grows 5-10 feet tall and wide depending on variety and soil quality. (USDA hardiness zones 2 -7). False spirea has coarse leaf textured foliage that resembles mountain ash (Sorbus\u00a0sp.), hence the scientific name. It is listed in the rose (Roseacea) family. Jungle-like […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,657,1319,1498,674,806,1357,1617,853,551,1571,843,936,601,729,933,777,630,705,706,646,7,113,819,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14092"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14092"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14096,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14092\/revisions\/14096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}