| Description | False Spirea is not a tidy little shrub. More of a brute. Needs room to spread. Never plant near the foundation of the home. |
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| Pronunciation | (sor-BAY-ree-uh)(sor-bee-FOH-lee-uh) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 2-7 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, I watched a large aggressive hillside planting grow in partial shade |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | creamy white panicles, mid summer |
| Leaves | pinnately compound, green, bronze color when emerging |
| Dimensions | listed as 5-10 feet tall, the once I have observed were more on the 5-6 foot size, spread just about forever |
| Maintenance | A a garden center that I worked at, the plants were cut flush to the ground and quickly recovered. Spread can be controlled by cutting and digging out leading root suckers. |
| Propagation | division of suckers |
| Native Site | Eastern Siberia, Manchuria, northern China, Korea, Japan |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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