I have both of these and it does look more like my sorbaria which is still in a pot and has been more sheltered and is a bit further along than my sambucus.
Both start off with the gold and pinky crimson foliage in spring but the sorbaria will have slightly cone-shaped panicles of flowers - https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/217822/Sorbaria-sorbifolia-Sem-(PBR)/Details whilst the sambucus one will have the flatter, umbellifer style heads of the normal elderflower
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Songbird, or any sorbaria owners, I have just bought a sorbaria sem, and now I read that they are quite invasive. Do yours spread very qiuickly? There seem to be lots of plants described as invasive now, but to me it's just natural for things to keep spreading. I suppose it depends how hard they are to control.
It spreads by suckering so just be careful where you plant it for when/if you want to go in and control them. It does have lovely foliage, especially in spring, and has lovely fluffy flowerheads which pollinators love in my experience..
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I may just grow it in a container then. The foliage does look lovely, but didn't realise the flower heads were attractive to pollinators, so that's a bonus.
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Both start off with the gold and pinky crimson foliage in spring but the sorbaria will have slightly cone-shaped panicles of flowers - https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/217822/Sorbaria-sorbifolia-Sem-(PBR)/Details
whilst the sambucus one will have the flatter, umbellifer style heads of the normal elderflower
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It's quite exciting as there are lots of shrubs and plants that we inherited with our house purchase and I am trying to find out what they are.