It’s a little hard to see what’s what here but the plant I’m focusing on is the little one in the lower middle of the screen, to the left of the Daphne and the right of the Globosa Thuja. It’s a little thing now and it was so pretty with its many colored foliage when we got it. This is taken in October of 2010, a couple of months after it was planted. It’s common name is Ural False Spirea and it’s native to Russia, Kazahkistan and Siberia. It’s Very hardy and is one of the first plants to leaf out in late winter. I’ll show you how it’s grown over the last few years in the following pictures.
This is the next winter as it starts to leaf out in February 2011
By May 2011 it’s gotten quite large already, and you can see the many colors of the leaves here. Just a hint of things to come!
Here it is in July of 2011, all green now
March of 2012 – leafing out nicely
Just a month later in April 2012
Late March 2013 – getting wider
Lots of growth by July 2013 – all green and big now
Late November 2013 – Looks so much smaller when it’s bare doesn’t it?
Leafing out in March 2014
Lots of color by April 2014
May 2014 – a bit bigger…
February 2015 – just leafing out ( Daphne in bloom next to it…)
March 2015 – good growth now
April 2015 – so much bigger in a month!
Early February 2016
April 2016 – getting big now, with great spring colors
June 2016 – Wow! This shows how it looks now
I hope you’ve enjoyed the profile of this unique plant. I see many of them in nurseries looking so sweet and tiny and fluffy and soft. Like a big fern. They look like you could put them anywhere. But watch out! They sucker like crazy. This started out with only a few stems and now it’s got dozens and spreads over some 4-5 feet of ground and is over 6′ tall and wide. You can see the remnants of the flowers on this one too. They look like a spirea which is why it’s called a False Spirea I assume. It’s a beautiful plant if you have the room for it. Just make sure you do or it’ll be a monster! But a pretty one at least… 🙂
Happy Summer Solstice!
Steve
Gardening in Greenwood 