Please could anyone tell me what this shrub is. It is deciduous. New leaf growth comes as a salmon colour then turns green. It is about a metre tall and send out runners whch I then turn into new plants. Thanks!
When I say it sends out runners, I mean a couple of stems a year grow about 4-6 inches from the base, which I can then dig out and use as a new plant. It certainly isn't invasive at all.
...........and it is definitely not a tree. When I bought it, I was told it would eventually reach a metre and it has just about done that in 6 years. Dies back completely in the winter.
I think we've been asked to identify this plant before and if I remember correctly it was Nutcutlet who knew what it was ... I just wish I could remember what she said ...........................
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Rhus typhina by the looks of it. It will grow into a tree and is very prone to sending out runners when under stress.
Now I would have said it was Sorbaria sorbifolia Sem, which is just as much of a thug as Rhus
When I say it sends out runners, I mean a couple of stems a year grow about 4-6 inches from the base, which I can then dig out and use as a new plant. It certainly isn't invasive at all.
It has very pretty long white flowers at the moment
...........and it is definitely not a tree. When I bought it, I was told it would eventually reach a metre and it has just about done that in 6 years. Dies back completely in the winter.
Possibly one of the Astilbes?
Sorbaria has white flowers about now. Leaves are not the right shape for Astilbe.
I think we've been asked to identify this plant before and if I remember correctly it was Nutcutlet who knew what it was ... I just wish I could remember what she said ...........................
Was it this? https://www.palmcentre.co.uk/products/sss/sorbaria-sorbifolia-sem-false-spirea
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Great ID Berghill. Mine looks a bit more gold than that one
May not be such a thug for Alex, but it is a banned plant in parts of the USA as it is such a problem in the JK vein..