Sorbia Sorbifolia 'Sem' ☼ Full sun/part shade ❅Hardy
By Paulspond
- 21 Feb, 2013
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Botanical name: Sorbaria sorbifolia 'Sem'
Other names: False spiraea 'Sem' , Spiraea sorbifolia 'Sem' , Ash leaf spiraea 'Sem' , Ural false spiraea 'Sem' , Chinese sorbaria 'Sem' , Zhu mei shu 'Sem'
Genus: Sorbaria
Variety or cultivar: 'Sem' _ 'Sem' is a compact, upright, thicket-forming, deciduous shrub with erect stems bearing pinnate, yellow-green to bright green leaflets, heavily flushed pink, red and bronze in spring and turning red in autumn. Erect, terminal panicles of white flowers bloom in mid- to late summer.
Sorbaria sorbifolia 'Sem' is: Deciduous
Flower: White in Summer
Foliage: Bronze-tinted, Bright-green, Yellow-green, Flushed red, Flushed pink in Spring; Yellow-green, Bright-green in Summer; Red in Autumn
Habit: Suckering
1.5m
max. spread
1.5m
max. height
5-10 years
to maturity
1 hour care
per year
Soil types:
Chalky, Loamy, Sandy
Soil drainage:
Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
Soil pH:
Alkaline, Neutral, slightly acidic
Light:
Partial Shade, Full Sun
Aspect:
North, South, East, West
Exposure:
Exposed, Sheltered
Hardiness:
Hardy (H4)
Comments on this photo
Cheers SL :-))
22 Feb, 2013
Lovely, ours is still a baby....
22 Feb, 2013
Thanks DD - soon grow for you :))
22 Feb, 2013
That looks lovely and colourful.
23 Feb, 2013
Thanks Linda :))
23 Feb, 2013
this is such a beautiful colour Paul, gorgeous!
23 Feb, 2013
Thank you very much - it is coming back through now - must be strong in this cold :)))
23 Feb, 2013
WOW, Spectacular leaves!!!
23 Feb, 2013
Thank you Junna - I call this the rainbow plant :))))
23 Feb, 2013
Haven't seem any rainbows lately Paul. It's raining this morning so must be warmer outside.
25 Feb, 2013
No Linda , the weather is so bad at the moment - totally hating it :(
25 Feb, 2013
I am missing the sunshine and when we do get a day when the sun comes out I usually wrap myself up and go out for a walk.
26 Feb, 2013
Oh me too Linda - so bleak lately - something a little better next week :)))
26 Feb, 2013
Solstace on the 20th March this year according to the weather website. At least the evenings are getting lighter now.
26 Feb, 2013
So gald I'm an April baby :D light nice and late but not too late
26 Feb, 2013
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That's a real beauty mate.
22 Feb, 2013