Spiraea sargentiana Rehd.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Spiraea sargentiana' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/spiraea/spiraea-sargentiana/). Accessed 2024-03-29.

Genus

Glossary

entire
With an unbroken margin.
glabrous
Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Spiraea sargentiana' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/spiraea/spiraea-sargentiana/). Accessed 2024-03-29.

A deciduous shrub 4 to 6 ft high, with long, slender, arching, round young shoots, at first downy, soon glabrous. Leaves narrowly oval to narrowly obovate, wedge-shaped and entire at the base, more or less toothed towards the tip, 12 to 1 in. long, 18 to 12 in. wide, dull green above, paler and downy beneath, the few veins running lengthwise; stalk 116 to 18 in. long. Flowers creamy white, 14 in. wide, produced during June in rounded clusters 1 to 134 in. wide that terminate short leafy twigs springing from the virgin shoots of the previous year; main and secondary flower-stalks downy.

Native of W. China; discovered and introduced by Wilson in 1908–9. In its graceful habit, small leaves and mode of flowering this resembles the well-known S. canescens which can be distinguished by its ribbed stems. It is also closely related to S. henryi, which has much larger but similarly toothed leaves. S. sargentiana is a distinctly pretty shrub, perfectly hardy and well worth cultivation. It received an Award of Merit in 1913.