ID Please

19 years ago

This plant has been in our shade garden (beside the hydrangeas) for years and each spring, I cut it back to the groud and it grows one long stem with the beautiful pink bloom at the end. Problem is it flops over and lays on the grass as in the pic. The bloom starts of as very small tightly packed florets, then fluffs up and is quite useful as a cut flower. I moved some specimens to a half sun location, but they still flop. Is this something worth keeping?

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Thank you in advance.

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webkat5
19 years ago
Appears to be Spirea douglasii...but needs more sun...

They are supposed to have somewhat of an arching habit, but not laying on the ground....

I would prune the one you moved to more sun back after it is finished flowering....it should become more shrub like with stronger stems....
northerner_on
Original Author
19 years ago
Thank you Webcat. I've looked it up on the Web and it makes quite an attractive fence perennial. I know exactly where I will move them. We put in a new (west) fence last year and one of my WS disappointments is a hollyhock, which was supposed to be deep burgundy, but turned out to be white. Besides it seems to be on steroids, tall and wide blocking out my Canna. I think I will replace it with this spirea, which will look great next to my trumpet lily Regale which is in bloom now. Will probably take a year or two to bloom though. Thanks again.
Northerner.
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