Sorbaria arborea seed

LATIN NAME: Sorbaria sorbifolia

COMMON NAME: False Spiraea

The false spiraea is the cream plume of the summer border, and the dense, upright panicles of the small flowers rise above the fern-like leaves. The upright, deciduous shrub carries the large, fern-like, pinnate leaves of the many fine leaflets and the dense, upright, feathery panicles of the small, cream-white flowers through the summer, one of the fine, bold sights of the border. The shrub is a fine, generous presence of the mixed border, and it is a shrub of the open, sunny to partly shaded, deep, moist, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The false spiraea is a bold subject of the plant science, and the cream plumes keep showing up in the work on the summer shrubs. The way the dense, feathery panicles rise above the large, fern-like leaves has been studied steadily, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the summer-flowering shrubs, the cold-hardy ornamentals and the members of the rose family. The fern-like leaves and the upright habit have also made it a fine study shrub, and the false spiraea is a regular subject of the work on the cream plumes of the cool world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The false spiraea is a fine, bold shrub of the mixed border and the summer garden. The dense, upright, feathery panicles of the small, cream-white flowers open through the summer, one of the fine, bold sights of the border, drawing the bees and the butterflies, and the large, fern-like leaves give the fine, green mound of the season. The shrub stands the cold, the wind and the poor ground with the ease, and it is one of the fine choices for the mixed border, the wild garden and the bank. It has been written up in the horticultural papers for the cream plumes and the generous ways, and it is a fine, bold shrub of the open, sunny to partly shaded, deep, moist, well-drained garden.

Give the young shrub the open, sunny spot, and it will grow on fast through the first season.

To grow the false spiraea from seed, sow the small, brown seeds on the surface of a tray of loose seed compost, with a light press, keep the tray in a bright, open spot and water gently, then set the young plants out in the open ground. The seedlings come through within a couple of weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun or the light shade and the deep, moist, well-drained ground, the cream plumes will rise through the summer.

Sorbaria arborea var. glabrata