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Please can anyone tell me the name of this plant

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Sosidges · 24/10/2016 20:45

Thanks

Please can anyone tell me the name of this plant
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NanTheWiser · 24/10/2016 20:54

Rhus typhina - Stag's horn Sumach. It can be very invasive with a suckering habit.

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Sosidges · 25/10/2016 12:15

I am not sure if I is
I don't remember buying one. It has quite a compact habit. Someone suggested sorbis

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shovetheholly · 25/10/2016 15:04

I would have said sumac too- those pink stems and the pointiness (technical term) of the leaves... The sorbus sp. I know have slightly more rounded leaves. But as I was discovering earlier on another thread, there are many kinds of Rowan so it could easily be one I just don't know!!

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Trethew · 07/11/2016 10:08

I think it's a Sorbaria sorbifolia

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Sosidges · 07/11/2016 10:26

Thank you so much. That is it exactly what it is. I want to buy one more to compliment my Acers.

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shovetheholly · 07/11/2016 11:30

Wow, I have never even heard of that. It's an absolute cracker of a plant as well.

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bookbook · 07/11/2016 11:46

ooh - just had to google this. Looks interesting, but maybe a bit vigorous not to be in a pot for us ( thicket forming and suckering - . mmmm)

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Sosidges · 07/11/2016 11:54

The one in my picture is three years old, so not vigorous at all. I cut it to the ground each year and it grows to about 3 feet.

I got rid of a couple of Spirea this year, so I think this is a good alternative.

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gingeroots · 08/11/2016 19:18

Oh that looks lovely !

Plants are so exciting - so many to discover .Better than Christmas Eve !

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JT05 · 08/11/2016 19:25

I have one in a pot, when it fills the pot, I divide it and give bits away.

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