Re: Sorbaria sorbifolia

In a message dated 10/28/02 7:36:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
cherylisaak@adelphia.net writes:


> I was recently gifted with this, Sorbaria sorbifolia, and it sitting 
> in the holding bed for the winter.
> 


Hello Cheryl,

SS is around nine feet wide and just as tall here and still expanding. I 
bought mine at an arboretum sale.  It is a shrub for a wild area or a place 
where you don't mind the expansion, looks like sumac.  

Always look at the gift plant carefully.  This one will root anywhere, 
anytime so lots of gifts are possible.  I bought it because it was in a 
container, quite small and had beautiful large white spikes of spirea-like 
flowers.  A friend, a very good gardener with lots of strange and wonderful 
plants, looked at mine where originally planted and laughed and laughed as he 
thought I would have checked it more carefully before siting.  I should have. 
 Since I did not know the shrub and it was at an arboretum sale, I thought I 
would do it later.  At the end of one season it was looking very healthy, the 
second year it was obviously trouble.

The flowers are quite nice but cannot be brought into the house as they smell 
awful.  I think Don M. mentioned invasive, he is right.  It will grow 
anywhere and it's one good point is just that.  Also the deer won't touch it. 
 Mine is now outside the fence and and is safe as a cactus. 

Claire Peplowski
NYS z4

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