Sorbia Sorbifolia 'Sem' ☼ Full sun/part shade ❅Hardy

• 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)