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What is this plant?

5 years ago

Could the green-fingered among you tell me what this bush is please?

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Carolina

5 years ago

Looks like Spirea Japonica

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rachelmidlands
5 years ago
I’m no expert but first thought it might be a bottlebrush or hebe perhaps, you do get some late flowering hebes but the the leaf and flower shape look wrong. Could be Clerodendrum bungei otherwise known as Mexican hydrangea https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/29541/i-Clerodendrum-bungei-i/Details It can be a bit thuggish and sucker freely which would explain its rampant habit, apparently the leaves can smell a bit pungent.
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Carolina
5 years ago
More info https://www.gardens4you.co.uk/spiraea-japonica-anthony-waterer-gb-en.html
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Arthur Road Landscapes
5 years ago
Spirea
rachelmidlands
5 years ago
Never thought of spirea, somehow I always think of it as spring flowering shrub. Well spotted Carolina:-)
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Original Author
5 years ago
Thanks everyone!
Ellie
5 years ago
Does look like spirea, but looks rather woody so a nice cutback might be good. I have a few different varieties of spirea in my garden and some are best cut right back to ground every year, while some you can just prune the heads off.

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