Tuesday 4 March 2014
Sibiraea
A genus of only 2 species of shrubs that are part of the larger Rose family. They are native to southeast Europe and Asia.
Siberaea laevigata
Also called Sibiraea altaiensis. It is a deciduous shrub reaching up to 4 or rarely 7 x 8 feet in size that is native from the Balkans to Siberia and western China.
The attractive oblong leaves are bluish-green and up to 5 x 1 inch in size.
The masses of small, 5 petalled white flowers are borne in dense terminal panicles up to 5 inches in length in late spring.
Hardy zones 2 to 8 in full sun on fertile, well drained soil. Necessary pruning is only trimming to shape after blooming and removing old branches that have lost their vigor.
* photos taken on August 3 2010 @ University of Guelph Arboretum, Ontario
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