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Sun, Mar 8, 09 at 23:15
| I've not seen much from the general public about this newer cultivar. Does anyone grow it?
I think the common name is False Spirea. This one, according to the advertising, doesn't sucker and stays smaller than the older sorbaria sorbifolia. I'm wondering if it can handle the dry heat here in south central Kansas. Does the red color persist? Can it handle full sun and wind? Has anyone seen it in a nursery, or is it just a mail order plant from specialty nurseries? Thanks Cindi |
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| Coloring sequence is pinkish orange > yellowish > pale mottled green - quite similar to Acer pseudoplatanus 'Brilliantissimum'. Also does seem to have slower growth just like the maple. The maple is not common in North American gardens at all but is much shown and described by British sources. Imagine pictures and depictions of the maple with the leaf shape, twigs etc. of the sorbaria and you will be quite close. |
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- Posted by cindi_in_ks z6 KS 67232 (My Page) on Fri, Mar 13, 09 at 21:49
| Thanks, bboy. Hopefully this sorbaria doesn't require as much water as the maple you mentioned. I tour a lot of gardens each year and I've never seen this shrub. I would sure like to hear from anyone who has grown it instead of just relying on sales hype. Anybody?? Cindi |
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- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Sat, Mar 14, 09 at 13:57
| It's a relatively new introduction so that could explain why it's not so common in gardens yet. I grew it last season as a container plant - its compact habit makes it ideal for that purpose, at least for a season or two. New growth throughout the season continues to go through the same range of colors as does typical spring growth. Mature foliage color was bright grassy, almost chartreuse green. And it did produce a lot of flowers as well. I'm not sure if I'll leave it in a container for another season or plant out in the garden.......I really don't have enough space there for a suckering type shrub :-) And lately I'm leaning more toward evergreens for year round interest. I would not consider it to be very drought tolerant. Moisture retentive soil and regular watering during summer. |
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| Don't let it out of container, it will sucker no less than any other sorbaria! (...and back in a container it will go this spring) |
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- Posted by cindi_in_ks z6 KS 67232 (My Page) on Mon, Mar 23, 09 at 19:18
| Thanks for the comments and advice. I think I'll go ahead and order this and plant it on the bank of a pond where it can sucker all it wants, and I'll just consider the suckers free plants. I think the colors will go nicely with a coral stem willow and a yellow twig dogwood, maybe with a gold tinged evergreen farther up the bank. Cindi |
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- Posted by themangolady 5b(cogito2980@comcast.net) onWed, Feb 9, 11 at 14:04
| I have had it for three years now in the dry light shade, by the house wall. No watering unless no rain for a month. It gives me 2-3 suckers a season. I guess, same as with lily-of-the valley, the more moisture it gets, the more agressive it becomes. Mine is very pretty and well-behaved. BTW, I replanted the suckers, and now I have three beauties side-by-side. Great plant! |
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