Plant Patent #16,336. 'Sem' is an improvement in just about every way over older Sorbaria varieties. 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 standout. Next, it offers pinkish-red spring leaves that turn chartreuse and remain that way until frost. Finally, it covers itself with white blooms over a long summer season. Elegant, space-saving, and beautiful!
'Sem' forms a neat 3-by-3-foot shrub in the partly shaded garden, adding great texture. Not "patchy" or "thin" like other Sorbarias, it covers itself first in foliage, then in charming blooms that last from midsummer until season's end.
This shrub is easy to grow and quite adaptable, thriving in any well-drained soil. It is especially valuable for northern climates. Zones 2-7.
