Sorbaria sorbifolia
(Ural false spirea, sorbaria)
(Ural false spirea, sorbaria)
Category: Shrubs
Photo Credits: Courtesy Missouri Botanical Garden PlantFinder
Height: 4 – 6 feet
Spread: 6 feet
Location: Sides, Top of Berm
Native Status: IA
Fruit: not effective
Comments & Cautions:
extremely effective for erosion control; showy during growing season; cut to ground in early spring
Recommended For:
Bioretention and Rain Gardens
This plant prefers that the level of moisture in your soil be: Medium or Dry
This plant prefers Loam or Clay soil.
The plant DOES NOT have a salt tolerance.
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Plant Form
upright, semi-woody or suffrutescent; suckering rapidly or form indefinite colonies
Foliage
compound, doubly serrate, almost fernlike bright green leaves; medium texture
Flowers
small white flowers in 10-inch long pointed panicles; June-July and sporadically throughout summer