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What is this lime green/red plant?

CraighBCraighB Posts: 738
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Hi guys,

I wondered if anyone could tell me what this is? I don't know if it's a baby tree or shrub.

Thanks
Craigh

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  • K67K67 Posts: 2,507
    I think it's sambucus possibly Sutherlands Gold 
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,028
    I wonder if it's Sorbaria sorbifolia 'Sem'... a suckering shrub.
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • CraighBCraighB Posts: 738
    It's got very deep ribbed leaves. The photos for some reason look terrible quality. 
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 29,158
    edited April 2021
    I have both of these and it does look more like my sorbaria which is still in a pot and has been more sheltered and is a bit further along than my sambucus.    

    Both start off with the gold and pinky crimson foliage in spring but the sorbaria will have slightly cone-shaped panicles of flowers - https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/217822/Sorbaria-sorbifolia-Sem-(PBR)/Details
    whilst the sambucus one will have the flatter, umbellifer style heads of the normal elderflower 


    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • CraighBCraighB Posts: 738
    This looks better quality.


  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 13,743
    Sorbaria sem
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • CraighBCraighB Posts: 738
    AHH yes it definitely looks like Sorbaria! Exactly the same leaves.

    It's quite exciting as there are lots of shrubs and plants that we inherited with our house purchase and I am trying to find out what they are. 
  • SnowberrySnowberry Posts: 8
    Songbird, or any sorbaria owners, I have just bought a sorbaria sem, and now I read that they are quite invasive. Do yours spread very qiuickly? There seem to be lots of plants described as invasive now, but to me it's just natural for things to keep spreading. I suppose it depends how hard they are to control.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 29,158
    It spreads by suckering so just be careful where you plant it for when/if you want to go in and control them.   It does have lovely foliage, especially in spring, and has lovely fluffy flowerheads which pollinators love in my experience..
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • SnowberrySnowberry Posts: 8
    I may just grow it in a container then. The foliage does look lovely, but didn't realise the flower heads were attractive to pollinators, so that's a bonus.
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