Ash Leaf Spirea - Sem

$23.95

It is elegant, space-saving, and beautiful! Sem forms a neat 3 to 4 foot shrub in the partly shaded garden, which adds a nice texture. Sem is an improvement from older Sorbaria varieties. This shrub is easy to grow and quite adaptable, thriving in any well-drained soil. It is especially valuable for northern climates. This dwarf variety makes a wonderful low hedge, or a great accent. Compact, better-branched, and more dense than others, it creates a tight, bushy little mound in the garden, making a fine low hedge or accent planting as well as a shrub border. In July and August the neat, round shrub covers itself with creamy white blossoms. Sem Ash Leaf Spirea, Sorbaria sorbifolia 'Sem' (16,336), is a pinkish-red, fern-like spring foliage that unfurls along deep pink stems . ... find out more

Indigo Bush-False Indigo Needs pruning in late winter or early spring to keep shaped. This deciduous shrub does well in full sun and poor, sandy soil. Useful as a large shrub or small tree in areas where there is plenty of water available. Fruit is a warty, kidney shaped pod, persisting into winter. Fragrant foliage has the compound pinnate leaves typical of the Pea family, often most bushy on the upper third of the shrub. This bush attracts butterflies. The False Indigo Bush, Amorpha fruticosa, is a somewhat leggy shrub, whose height can range from 6 to 20 feet tall,and 5 to 15 feet wide. Native from Connecticut to Minnesota, south to Louisiana and Florida. Flowers are 1/3-inch wide, purple-blue with orange anthers, on 3- to 6-inch upright spikes.

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