Sorbaria sorbifolia

Plant Characteristics

Habit		shrub
Height:	⇕	10 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Width:	⇔	10 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early summer, mid summer, late summer

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun
Features:	✓	flowers
USDA Zones:		2 to 9
Flower features:	❀	white

Scientific Names

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Sorbaria sorbifolia is commonly known as False Spiraea, also spelled False Spirea. It is a deciduous perennial plant in the Rosaceae family. It is also known by its older names of Spiraea sorbifolia L. and Schizonotus sorbifolius (L.) Lindl. Other common names are False Goat's Beard, Appleberry, Sorb-leaved Schizonotus, and Ural False Spirea.

It is a shrub reaching 1 to 1.5 m. It bears compound, alternate, toothed leaflets which resemble ferns or sumac. Flowers are white and showy clustered at the end of branches.

Read about Sorbaria sorbifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Sorbaria sorbifolia, A. Braun (Spiraea sorbifolia, Linn. Basilima sorbifolia, Raf.). Fig. 3647. Upright shrub, 3-5 ft. high, much spreading by suckers: lfts. 13-23, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, long-acuminate, doubly serrate, stellate-pubescent beneath when young or glabrous, 3-4 in. long: panicles 5-10 in. long; fls. 1/3 in. across: carpels and frs. glabrous. June, July. N. Asia, from Ural to Japan.—Sometimes escaped from cult. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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