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Sorbaria grandiflora

Sorbaria grandiflora
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0

Sorbaria grandiflora is a deciduous perennial shrub from eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East, reaching about 1 m, prized for its late-summer plume-like flowers. Its main drawback is a tendency to spread aggressively, so it needs root control.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Shrub, Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during the first growing season, then once established it tolerates occasional dry spells.
Soil
Moist, well-drained garden soil; tolerates a range of soil types.
Temperature
Hardy to about -30 °C (USDA zones 5 to 7).
How easy
Easy
Native range
S. & E. Siberia to Russian Far East
Climate
temperate

About

Sorbaria grandiflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East. A perennial shrub reaching 3 ft (1 m), it is hardy in USDA zones 5 through 7, and is considered useful in the garden as it flowers in July when other shrubs are not in bloom. Care must be taken lest it become invasive.

Other Sorbaria plants

False spiraea · Himalayan sorbaria

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sorbaria grandiflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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