Another "What is This"

AlittleSalt · April 4, 2015

This plant grows in front of my wife's sewing building. The flowers look sort of like Lantanas, but it's not a Lantana. In winter, it leaves bare branches reaching upward (It's ugly then). That is a quarter I'm holding to show flower size. It's 6' tall by 4-5' wide. The flowers have no scent. A perennial.

Blueaussi · April 4, 2015

It's probably a spirea of some sort.

hmmm....

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..._crenata-1.JPG

AlittleSalt · April 4, 2015

I need to get better pictures. It is supposed to be rainy/cloudy tomorrow. With my Nintendo DS - it takes better pictures when it is cloudy.

KarenO · April 4, 2015

Hi Salt,

Yes it's a spirea. I think most likely a Vanhoutte spirea. Could use a good pruning.
Karen

AlittleSalt · April 5, 2015

Yes it is a spirea.

Yes it needs to be trimmed and pruned, and... lol

It is in my younger brother's backyard. (A few hundred feet away from my house) I keep hoping he will take an interest, but so far, he hasn't. He is 10 years younger than me and is about to get married to a nice woman who is my age. I'm sure, she'll help him get interested.

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April 4, 2015	#2
Blueaussi Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Carolina Zone 8a Posts: 1,205	It's probably a spirea of some sort. hmmm.... http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..._crenata-1.JPG

April 4, 2015	#3
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	I need to get better pictures. It is supposed to be rainy/cloudy tomorrow. With my Nintendo DS - it takes better pictures when it is cloudy.

April 4, 2015	#4
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,922	Hi Salt, Yes it's a spirea. I think most likely a Vanhoutte spirea. Could use a good pruning. Karen

April 5, 2015	#5
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Yes it is a spirea. Yes it needs to be trimmed and pruned, and... lol It is in my younger brother's backyard. (A few hundred feet away from my house) I keep hoping he will take an interest, but so far, he hasn't. He is 10 years younger than me and is about to get married to a nice woman who is my age. I'm sure, she'll help him get interested.